ngây
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Vietnamese
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Adjective
1.3.1
Derived terms
Vietnamese
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Etymology
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Possibly
non-
Sino-Vietnamese
reading
of
Chinese
呆
(
“
dull-minded, stupid
”
,
SV
:
ngai
)
.
Pronunciation
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(
Hà Nội
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
[ŋəj˧˧]
(
Huế
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
[ŋəj˧˧]
(
Saigon
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
[ŋəj˧˧]
Adjective
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ngây
•
(
𤷙
)
looking
stupid
; looking
naive
; looking
stupefied
;
catatonic
Derived terms
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Derived terms
ngây dại
ngây mặt
ngây ngô
ngây thơ
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