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phúng

Pronunciation Northern /fuŋ˧˥/ Central /fṵŋ˩˧/ Southern /fuŋ˧˥/
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To express contempt or mockery through a specific facial expression or a scornful remark.

vi Cô ấy phúng mũi khi nghe thấy lời đề nghị đó.

en She sneered when she heard that proposal.

Parts
諷
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
諷
Candidates by syllable
phúng 諷（賵）
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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phùng / phủng / phụng / phũng …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

phúng dụ/phúng điếu/phúng phính/phúng viếng

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sneer vi: phúng / ja: 表情 / WordNet aligned
Use
trào phúng / điếu phúng / phung phúng
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Words containing this

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