Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

nửa người nửa ngợm

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Meaning · English

Half person, half creature — humanity incompletely installed.

Literally: half human, half beast

Examples

Nửa người nửa ngợm nửa đười ươi.Half man, half creature, half orangutan.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “nửa người nửa ngợm” mean?

Half person, half creature — humanity incompletely installed. Literally: half human, half beast

Is “nửa người nửa ngợm” formal or informal?

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

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