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quái cổ

Pronunciation Northern /kwaːj˧˥ ko̰˧˩˧/ Central /kwa̰ːj˩˧ ko˧˩˨/ Southern /waːj˧˥ ko˨˩˦/
look back
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look back

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Meaning
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Sense 1 unknown
look back

To turn one's head to look behind; to look back.

vi Đi được một đoạn, em gái tôi quái cổ lại vẫy tay chào mẹ.

en After walking a little way, my younger sister turned her head back and waved goodbye to our mother.

Parts
quái / cổ / 拐古
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
拐古
Candidates by syllable
quái 拐(卦) cổ 古
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
dị nhân / quái / quái dị / quái nhân …
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Use
quái xế / quái vật / yêu quái / quái thai …
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