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nhát gan

Pronunciation Northern /ɲaːt˧˥ ɣaːn˧˧/ Central /ɲa̰ːk˩˧ ɣaːŋ˧˥/ Southern /ɲaːk˧˥ ɣaːŋ˧˧/
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cowardly
Adjective
cowardly

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
cowardly

A personality trait of being shy, lacking courage, and easily becoming frightened by danger.

vi Con mèo này rất nhát gan và luôn bỏ chạy khi gặp người lạ.

en This cat is very cowardly and always runs away when meeting strangers.

Parts
nhát / gan / A compound of nhát + gan …
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OriginA compound of nhát + gan

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
㦉肝
Candidates by syllable
nhát 㦉 gan 肝
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
nhút nhát / khiếp nhược / nhát / nhát cáy …
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Use
hèn nhát / nhát ma / chết nhát / mỏ nhát …
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