ngang
See also: ngáng
Chuukese
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *p-ŋaːŋ. Cognate with Arem ŋæ:ŋ. The notion of "stubborness" may stem from the fact that crabs always move sideways.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋaːŋ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋaːŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋaːŋ˧˧]
- Homophone: ngan
Adjective
- horizontal
- Antonym: dọc
- nét ngang ― horizontal stroke
- to the side
- Antonym: dọc
- dàn hàng ngang ― to form a line in which people stand to the side of each other
- unreasonably stubborn
- ngang như cua ― very stubborn, like a crab who always moves sideways
- level; flat
- thanh ngang ― the "level" tone as in the word ngang
Verb
ngang
See also
Derived terms
- chắn ngang
- ngang bằng
- ngang bướng
- ngang cơ
- ngang dọc
- ngang hàng
- ngang hông
- ngang ngạnh
- ngang ngửa
- ngang trái
- ngang xương
- sang ngang
- xà ngang
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