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ai ngờ

Pronunciation Northern /aːj˧˧ ŋə̤ː˨˩/ Central /aːj˧˥ ŋəː˧˧/ Southern /aːj˧˧ ŋəː˨˩/
Listen
unexpectedly
Conjunction
unexpectedly

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Conjunction
unexpectedly Discourse & LogicTheme

A term used to express surprise when something occurs that was not expected or anticipated.

vi Tôi định đi chơi, ai ngờ trời lại đổ mưa.

en I planned to go out, but unexpectedly it started to rain.

Parts
ai / ngờ / A compound of ai + ngờ …
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OriginA compound of ai + ngờ

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
埃𩺋
Candidates by syllable
ai 埃 ngờ 𩺋(𩼨)
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
nghi ngờ / sự nghi ngờ / đáng ngờ / không ngờ …
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Use
không ai / ai đó / trần ai / bi ai …
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