ngô công
Pronunciation
IPA
Northern
/ŋo˧˧ kəwŋ˧˧/
Central
/ŋo˧˥ kəwŋ˧˥/
Southern
/ŋo˧˧ kəwŋ˧˧/
centipede
Noun
centipede
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
centipede
A small, long animal with many legs and a body divided into segments, often found in dark, damp places.
vi Con ngô công đang bò trên bức tường ẩm ướt.
en The centipede is crawling on the damp wall.
Parts
ngô / công / 吳工
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Parts
ngô / công / 吳工
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
吳工
Candidates by syllable
ngô
吳（𥟊）
công
工
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.
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ngô / ngô nghê / Ngô Đồng / ngô nổ …
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ngô / ngô nghê / Ngô Đồng / ngô nổ …
Use
khôi ngô / bắp ngô / ngô quyền / bỏng ngô …
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Use
khôi ngô / bắp ngô / ngô quyền / bỏng ngô …