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ngoại ngữ

Pronunciation Northern /ŋwa̰ːʔj˨˩ ŋɨʔɨ˧˥/ Central /ŋwa̰ːj˨˨ ŋɨ˧˩˨/ Southern /ŋwaːj˨˩˨ ŋɨ˨˩˦/
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
foreign language School & EducationTheme Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme SchoolTag

A language that is not the native tongue of a person or the main language of a country.

vi Học ngoại ngữ giúp chúng ta giao tiếp với bạn bè quốc tế.

en Learning foreign languages helps us communicate with international friends.

Parts
ngoại / ngữ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 外語 …
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Components

Components

ngoại ngữ

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 外語

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
外語
Candidates by syllable
ngoại 外 ngữ 語
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Use
ngoại truyện / ý tại ngôn ngoại / dã ngoại / người ngoại quốc …
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ngoại (foreign) — words using
ngữ (tempo) — words using

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