cao ngất
Pronunciation
Northern
/kaːw˧˧ ŋət˧˥/
Central
/kaːw˧˥ ŋə̰k˩˧/
Southern
/kaːw˧˧ ŋək˧˥/
Listen
towering
Adjective
towering
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
towering Properties & States
Describing an exceptional height that makes the viewer feel overwhelmed or as if it reaches the sky.
vi Những tòa nhà cao ngất mọc lên khắp thành phố.
en Towering buildings are rising all over the city.
Parts
cao / ngất / A compound of cao + ngất …
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Parts
cao / ngất / A compound of cao + ngất …
OriginA compound of cao + ngất
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
高䇄
Candidates by syllable
cao
高
ngất
䇄（𤴥 / 𩁶）
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
chết ngất / ngây ngất / cười ngất
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Similar
chết ngất / ngây ngất / cười ngất
Use
cao hùng / cao bằng / chiều cao / cao điểm …
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Use
cao hùng / cao bằng / chiều cao / cao điểm …