ngốn
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋon˧˥/
Central
/ŋo̰ŋ˩˧/
Southern
/ŋoŋ˧˥/
Listen
to chow down
Verb
to chow down
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
to chow down
To eat a large amount of food very quickly and often in a greedy manner.
vi Cậu bé ngốn hết đĩa cơm chỉ trong vài phút.
en The boy chowed down the whole plate of rice in just a few minutes.
Parts
𠻂
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Parts
𠻂
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠻂
Candidates by syllable
ngốn
𠻂（𠽓 / 𡁺）
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
ngón / ngọn / ngôn / ngốn ngấu
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Similar
ngón / ngọn / ngôn / ngốn ngấu
Use
ngả ngốn
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Use
ngả ngốn
Questions and answers
What does “ngốn” mean?
In English, “ngốn” means “to chow down”.