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ngái ngủ

Pronunciation Northern /ŋaːj˧˥ ŋṵ˧˩˧/ Central /ŋa̰ːj˩˧ ŋu˧˩˨/ Southern /ŋaːj˧˥ ŋu˨˩˦/
Listen
half asleep
Adjective
half asleep
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Adjective
half asleep Properties & StatesTheme

A state of feeling sleepy even after having already woken up from sleep.

vi Anh ấy vẫn còn ngái ngủ khi bước ra khỏi phòng.

en He was still half asleep when he walked out of the room.

Parts
ngái / ngủ / 𣝅𥄬
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Components

Components

ngái ngủ
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𣝅𥄬
Candidates by syllable
ngái 𣝅（𥇹） ngủ 𥄬
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
ngái
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Starts with this word

ngái

Use
sán ngái / xa ngái / ngai ngái / phòng ngủ …
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ngái (far) — words using
ngủ (sleep) — words using
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