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lông ngông

Pronunciation Northern /ləwŋ˧˧ ŋəwŋ˧˧/ Central /ləwŋ˧˥ ŋəwŋ˧˥/ Southern /ləwŋ˧˧ ŋəwŋ˧˧/
lanky
Adjective
lanky
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Adjective
lanky Properties & StatesTheme

Describing a person who is ungracefully tall and thin, often with long limbs and a lack of coordination.

vi Cậu bé ấy trông thật lông ngông với đôi chân dài.

en That boy looks quite lanky with his long limbs.

Parts
lông / ngông / 𣯡顒
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Components

Components

lông ngông
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𣯡顒
Candidates by syllable
lông 𣯡（𣰳 / 𣰴 / 𣰵 / 𦒮） ngông 顒（𡿅）
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
lóng ngóng / lòng khòng / leo kheo / lỏng khỏng …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Same meaning
Ends with this word

chơi ngông

Use
lông mao / ăn lông ở lỗ / lông vũ / cầu lông …
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lông (fur or hair) — words using
ngông (eccentric) — words using
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