nhếch

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Pacoh nhéc (“to twist mouth to corner”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲəjk̟̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲet̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɲəːt̚˦˥]

Verb

nhếch

  1. to slightly move
    nhếch mép ― to smirk; to give a smirk (lit. to move the corner [of the mouth])
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