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lạ lùng

Pronunciation Northern /la̰ːʔ˨˩ lṳŋ˨˩/ Central /la̰ː˨˨ luŋ˧˧/ Southern /laː˨˩˨ luŋ˨˩/
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strange
Adjective
strange
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Adjective

Sense 1 Adjective
strange Properties & StatesTheme

Having an unusual appearance or quality that causes a feeling of surprise or confusion.

vi Đó là một câu chuyện rất lạ lùng mà tôi từng được nghe.

en That is a very strange story that I have ever heard.

Adverb

Sense 2 Adverb
strangely

A way of performing an action that causes surprise or a feeling of being unusual.

vi Anh ấy hành động một cách lạ lùng khiến ai cũng ngạc nhiên.

en He acted strangely, which caused a feeling of surprise for everyone.

Parts
lạ / lùng / 邏嚨
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
邏嚨
Candidates by syllable
lạ 邏(𡄀 / 𡆗 / 𡚎 / 𤳧) lùng 嚨(蘢 / 𡫶 / 𣼰 / 𨓡)
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
kì lạ / kì khôi / li kì / lạnh lùng …
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Use
mới lạ / lạ mắt / người lạ / khác lạ …
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