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tần ngần

Pronunciation Northern /tə̤n˨˩ ŋə̤n˨˩/ Central /təŋ˧˧ ŋəŋ˧˧/ Southern /təŋ˨˩ ŋəŋ˨˩/
hesitating
Adjective
hesitating
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
Sense 1 Adjective
hesitating Properties & StatesTheme

Hesitating describes a state of being unsure or slow in taking a certain action or decision.

vi Cô ấy tần ngần mãi mới dám bước vào phòng.

en She was hesitating for a long time before entering the room.

Sense 2 Adjective
stunned

To be stunned is to be so shocked that you are temporarily unable to act or think.

vi Anh ấy đứng tần ngần trước tin dữ.

en He stood stunned at the bad news.

Parts
tần / ngần / 蘋痕
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
蘋痕
Candidates by syllable
tần (燼) ngần
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
trắng ngần / ngại ngần / vô ngần
Use
tất tần tật / tần số / tần suất / tần phiền …
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