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Where does “ngờ” come from?

ngờ (Vietnamese) comes from Cantonese 我.

ngờ (Vietnamese): queer; quaint; sillily cute; Short for ngộ nhỡ

Definitions

  1. queer; quaint; sillily cute; Short for ngộ nhỡ

Ancestry of “ngờ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cantonese我—
Every word from Cantonese 我 →