ngại ngùng
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋa̰ːʔj˨˩ ŋṳŋ˨˩/
Central
/ŋa̰ːj˨˨ ŋuŋ˧˧/
Southern
/ŋaːj˨˩˨ ŋuŋ˨˩/
Listen
shy
Verb
shy
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
shy Feelings, Appearance & Personality
Emotions
To feel uncomfortable or nervous around other people or when starting something new.
vi Anh ấy luôn thấy ngại ngùng khi nói chuyện với phụ nữ.
en He always feels shy when talking to women.
Parts
ngại / 碍㥥
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Parts
ngại / 碍㥥
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
碍㥥
Candidates by syllable
ngại
碍（礙）
ngùng
㥥（顒 / 𢢄）
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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