tréo ngoe
Pronunciation
Northern
/ʨɛw˧˥ ŋwɛ˧˧/
Central
/tʂɛ̰w˩˧ ŋwɛ˧˥/
Southern
/tʂɛw˧˥ ŋwɛ˧˧/
Listen
awkward
Adjective
awkward
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
awkward Properties & States
A difficult or unfavorable situation that happens in a strange and unexpected way.
vi Đó là một tình huống tréo ngoe mà không ai ngờ tới.
en It was an awkward situation that no one expected.
Parts
tréo / ngoe / 𧾿𡳀
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Parts
tréo / ngoe / 𧾿𡳀
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𧾿𡳀
Candidates by syllable
tréo
𧾿
ngoe
𡳀
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
ngượng nghịu / ngượng ngập / tréo cựa / tréo …
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Similar
ngượng nghịu / ngượng ngập / tréo cựa / tréo …
Use
tru tréo / ghế tréo / ngoe nguẩy / ngoe ngoé …
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Use
tru tréo / ghế tréo / ngoe nguẩy / ngoe ngoé …