Tiếng Việt · Word Candidate

cơ ngửa

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Meaning · English

to be extremely surprised or shocked

Literally: back upside down

Examples

Anh ấy cơ ngửa khi biết tin tức đóHe was extremely surprised when he heard that news

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 2026-08-10; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “cơ ngửa” mean?

to be extremely surprised or shocked Literally: back upside down

Is “cơ ngửa” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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