"ngây" meaning in Vietnamese

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Adjective

IPA: [ŋəj˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ŋəj˧˧] [Huế], [ŋəj˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: 𤷙 [CJK]
Etymology: Possibly non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 呆 (“dull-minded, stupid”, SV: ngai). Etymology templates: {{der|vi|zh|呆//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">ngai</i>|t=dull-minded, stupid|tr=-}} Chinese 呆 (“dull-minded, stupid”, SV: ngai), {{vi-etym-sino|呆|dull-minded, stupid|ngai|hv=no|nocap=y}} non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 呆 (“dull-minded, stupid”, SV: ngai) Head templates: {{head|vi|adjective|||||||head=|tr=𤷙}} ngây • (𤷙), {{vi-adj|𤷙}} ngây • (𤷙)
  1. looking stupid; looking naive; looking stupefied; catatonic Derived forms: ngây dại, ngây mặt, ngây ngô, ngây thơ
    Sense id: en-ngây-vi-adj-pv0z114M Categories (other): Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for ngây meaning in Vietnamese (1.6kB)

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        "2": "zh",
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        "t": "dull-minded, stupid",
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      },
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        },
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        },
        {
          "word": "ngây ngô"
        },
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          "stupefied",
          "stupefied"
        ],
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          "catatonic",
          "catatonic"
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      "ipa": "[ŋəj˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋəj˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
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}
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    },
    {
      "word": "ngây mặt"
    },
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      "word": "ngây ngô"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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      ],
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          "stupid",
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        ],
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          "stupefied",
          "stupefied"
        ],
        [
          "catatonic",
          "catatonic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ŋəj˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋəj˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋəj˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
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}

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