nghiêng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋiəŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋiəŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋiəŋ˧˧]

Adjective

nghiêng (迎) (phonemic reduplicative nghiêng nghiêng)

tilted, leaning, oblique, lopsided
Tường nghiêng sắp đổ.
The wall is leaning and about to topple over.

đòn cân nghiêng
tilted scales

Cán cân lực lượng nghiêng về phía ta.
The balance of power is tilted toward our side (in our favor).

Nghiêng nghiêng cái đầu để nhìn.
to incline one's head a little and look

Usage notes

Nghiêng is the longest non-compound word in the Vietnamese language.

Synonyms

(tilted): chéo, xiên

Derived terms

nghiêng lòng
nghiêng mình
nghiêng ngả
nghiêng ngửa
nghiêng tai
nghiêng về

References

"nghiêng" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)

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