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ngong ngóng

Pronunciation Northern /ŋawŋ˧˧ ŋawŋ˧˥/ Central /ŋawŋ˧˥ ŋa̰wŋ˩˧/ Southern /ŋawŋ˧˧ ŋawŋ˧˥/
wait with anticipation
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wait with anticipation
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wait with anticipation

To wait or look out for something with a feeling of anticipation and anxiety.

vi Cô ấy cứ ngong ngóng ngoài cửa đợi thư.

en She waited anxiously by the door for the letter.

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Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
顒顒
Candidates by syllable
ngong 顒 ngóng 顒（𥈿 / 𥍎）
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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