ngang

See also: ngáng

Chuukese

Pronoun

ngang

1. First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I

See also

Chuukese personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ngaang, nganga, ngang	áám, am (exclusive) kiich, kich (inclusive)
2nd person		een, en	áámi, ami
3rd person		iiy, i	iir, ir

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *p-ŋaːŋ. Cognate with Arem ŋæ:ŋ. The notion of "stubborness" may stem from the fact that crabs always move sideways.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋaːŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋaːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋaːŋ˧˧]
• Homophone: ngan

Adjective

ngang • (昂, 𲅠)

1. horizontal

   Antonym: dọc

   nét ngang ― horizontal stroke

2. to the side

   Antonym: dọc

   dàn hàng ngang ― to form a line in which people stand to the side of each other

3. unreasonably stubborn

   ngang như cua ― very stubborn, like a crab who always moves sideways

4. level; flat

   thanh ngang ― the "level" tone as in the word ngang

Adverb

ngang • (昂, 𲅠)

1. across, as opposed to along

   Antonym: dọc

   đi ngang qua đường ― to cross the road

Verb

ngang • (昂, 𲅠)

1. to match; to be equal

   ngang sức ngang tài ― to be a formidable match in terms of strength and ability

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Derived terms

• chắn ngang
• ngang bằng
• ngang bướng
• ngang cơ
• ngang dọc
• ngang hàng
• ngang hông
• ngang ngạnh
• ngang ngửa
• ngang trái
• ngang xương
• sang ngang
• xà ngang

 

See also

• trục hoành
• hoành độ