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