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thẹn thùng

Pronunciation Northern /tʰɛ̰ʔn˨˩ tʰṳŋ˨˩/ Central /tʰɛ̰ŋ˨˨ tʰuŋ˧˧/ Southern /tʰɛŋ˨˩˨ tʰuŋ˨˩/
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Adjective
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shy Properties & StatesTheme

Feeling embarrassed, nervous, or timid when being around other people or in a specific social situation.

vi Cậu bé tỏ ra thẹn thùng khi gặp người lạ.

en The boy acts shy when meeting strangers.

Parts
thẹn / thùng / 𠾺桶
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠾺桶
Candidates by syllable
thẹn 𠾺(𢢆) thùng (𠽅 / 𥶀)
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 / ngượng / sần mặt / xí hổ …
Use
cả thẹn / hổ thẹn / e thẹn / thèn thẹn …
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