nhếch

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Pacoh nhéc (“to twist mouth to corner”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲəjk̟̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲet̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɲəːt̚˦˥]

Verb

nhếch

to slightly move
nhếch mép ― to smirk; to give a smirk (lit. to move the corner [of the mouth])

Related terms

nhích

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