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ngoan

Pronunciation Northern /ŋwaːn˧˧/ Central /ŋwaːŋ˧˥/ Southern /ŋwaːŋ˧˧/
Listen
well-behaved
Adjective
well-behaved
1 senses
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Adjective
well-behaved Appearance & PersonalityTheme

Behaving in a correct, polite, and obedient way that is pleasing to others.

vi Những đứa trẻ này rất ngoan và biết nghe lời cha mẹ.

en These children are very well-behaved and listen to their parents.

Parts
愿
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
愿
Candidates by syllable
ngoan 頑（𠺿）
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.
Similar
hư đốn / ngỗ nghịch / ngoan cố / ngoan đạo …
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Easily confused

Opposite meaning
Starts with this word

ngoan cố/ngoan đạo/ngoan ngoãn/ngoan ngạnh/ngoan cường

Use
khôn ngoan / gian ngoan
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Words containing this

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