chổng gọng
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Meaning · English
to be stubborn or disobedient
Literally: to tilt or turn upside down a carrying pole
Examples
Cô bé chổng gọng với mẹ từ sáng tới chiều.The little girl was stubborn with her mother from morning till evening.
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Headword listed in the vdict.com Vietnamese-English dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-09; pending editor spot-check.
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Common questions
What does “chổng gọng” mean?
to be stubborn or disobedient Literally: to tilt or turn upside down a carrying pole
Is “chổng gọng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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