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nháy

Pronunciation Northern /ɲaj˧˥/ Central /ɲa̰j˩˧/ Southern /ɲaj˧˥/
Listen
to flash (light)
Verb
to flash (light)
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4 senses
Meaning
4 senses
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Verb

Sense 1 Verb
to flash (light) Core ActionsTheme

To turn a light on and off quickly and repeatedly, often to give a signal or attract attention.

vi Đèn xe nháy liên tục.

en The car lights are flashing repeatedly.

Sense 2 Verb
to wink

To close and open one eye quickly as a signal, a joke, or to show a secret understanding.

vi Anh ấy nháy mắt với tôi.

en He winked at me.

Sense 3 Verb
prostitute sex

To have sex with a prostitute.

Noun

Sense 4 Noun
quotation mark

A punctuation mark used to indicate speech or to highlight a specific word or phrase in a sentence.

vi Đặt từ này trong ngoặc nháy.

en Put this word in quotation marks.

Parts
𥅘
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𥅘
Candidates by syllable
nháy 𥅘
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
nhầy / nhậy / nhây / nhẫy …
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Use
phó nháy / dấu nháy / nhấp nháy / nhí nháy …
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