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sởn gáy

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creepy or scary
Adjective
creepy or scary

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
creepy or scary

Causing a feeling of fear or unease, as if something cold is touching the back of one's neck.

vi Câu chuyện ma này thật sự khiến tôi thấy sởn gáy.

en This ghost story is really creepy.

Parts
sởn / gáy / 𠆍𠰁
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠆍𠰁
Candidates by syllable
sởn 𠆍(𢺛 / 𤺲) gáy 𠰁(𦢾 / 𩬆 / 𩯂 / 𩺺)
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
ghê ghê / chờn chợn / sởn tóc gáy / sởn gai ốc …
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Use
gà gáy / khỉ ho cò gáy / cu gáy / gà chết vì tiếng gáy
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