trêu gan
Pronunciation
Northern
/ʨew˧˧ ɣaːn˧˧/
Central
/tʂew˧˥ ɣaːŋ˧˥/
Southern
/tʂew˧˧ ɣaːŋ˧˧/
Listen
provoke
Verb
provoke
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Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
provoke
To deliberately annoy or anger someone in order to get a strong reaction or response.
vi Đừng cố tình trêu gan anh ấy vào lúc này vì anh ấy đang bực bội.
en Do not deliberately provoke him right now because he is frustrated.
Parts
trêu / gan / 憭肝
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Parts
trêu / gan / 憭肝
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
憭肝
Candidates by syllable
trêu
憭（𠶅 / 𠺕 / 𡃔）
gan
肝
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.
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quấy rối / nhũng nhiễu / quấy phá / sách nhiễu …
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Similar
quấy rối / nhũng nhiễu / quấy phá / sách nhiễu …
Use
trớ trêu / gan dạ / gan lì / gan góc …
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Use
trớ trêu / gan dạ / gan lì / gan góc …