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ngu si

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moronic
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moronic Usage derogatory

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
moronic Appearance & PersonalityTheme Usage derogatory

Describing a person who is extremely unintelligent or shows a total lack of common sense.

vi Đừng có hành động ngu si như vậy.

en Don't act so stupidly like that.

Parts
ngu / si / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 愚癡 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 愚癡

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
愚癡
Candidates by syllable
ngu 愚 si 蚩(癡 / 𤵶)
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
sâm si / sân si
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Use
ngu si đần độn / ngu ngốc / ngu xuẩn / đại ngu …
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