nhể
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Alternative forms
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) lể
Verb
nhể • (擟)
- (Northern Vietnam, uncommon) to winkle out using a pick; to tweeze, extract
- Synonym: nhổ
- nhể gai ― to tweeze out a thorn
- nhể ốc ― to extract a screw
Etymology 2
Particle
nhể
- alternative form of nhỉ
References
- Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “nhể”, in Việt–Việt[1] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024