ngoái
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋwaːj˧˥/
Central
/ŋwa̰ːj˩˧/
Southern
/ŋwaːj˧˥/
Listen
turn around
Verb
turn around
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
turn around Core Actions
To rotate one's head or upper body in order to look at something behind or to the side.
vi Cô ấy ngoái đầu lại nhìn tôi một lần cuối.
en She turned her head to look at me one last time.
Parts
𩠘
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Parts
𩠘
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𩠘
Candidates by syllable
ngoái
𩠘
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
ngoài / ngoại / ngoải
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Similar
ngoài / ngoại / ngoải
Use
năm ngoái / hoa đào năm ngoái còn cười gió đông
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Use
năm ngoái / hoa đào năm ngoái còn cười gió đông