Tiếng Việt · Word Candidate

ngùi ngùi

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Meaning · English

Feeling sad or melancholic

Literally: sigh sigh

Examples

Cô ấy nghe bản nhạc cũ và cảm thấy ngùi ngùiShe listened to the old song and felt sad

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 2026-08-15; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “ngùi ngùi” mean?

Feeling sad or melancholic Literally: sigh sigh

Is “ngùi ngùi” formal or informal?

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

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