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nhem nhẻm

Pronunciation Northern /ɲɛm˧˧ ɲɛ̰m˧˩˧/ Central /ɲɛm˧˥ ɲɛm˧˩˨/ Southern /ɲɛm˧˧ ɲɛm˨˩˦/
to talk back
Verb
to talk back

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
to talk back

To respond in a persistent and disrespectful way when being spoken to or corrected by others.

vi Đừng bao giờ nhem nhẻm cãi lại khi người lớn đang nhắc nhở.

en Never talk back when adults are correcting you.

Parts
𤊤呥
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𤊤呥
Candidates by syllable
nhem 𤊤 nhẻm 呥
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
nhem nhuốc / nhem nhép / đen nhẻm
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