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    What is the definition of "ngat"?? I looked it up, but it doesn't really give me a clear definition. It's the way a girl behaves around a guy in Vietnam, but I'm not real sure about the definition still...

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    Lindal24,
    Ngây ngất: coup de foudre, to fall in love with...
    Ngầy (ngật): uneasy, drowsy, uncomfortable, about to throw up
    Ngất (lên) : to raise, lift; cao ngất: too high, too tall; ngât ngưỡng: to sit with one's leisure on the top....
    Ngát (thơm): pleasant smell
    Ngạt (thở): suffocated

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    Yea, I thought it mean like reserved or conservative myself when I heard people use that term...

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    Okay...so I don't think the word is "NGAT" but "NGAI" or "NGAY"... P

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    Quote Originally Posted by lindal24 View Post
    Okay...so I don't think the word is "NGAT" but "NGAI" or "NGAY"... P
    ngải ?? magic potion. It is used to make other people follow your command or fall in love with you or to harm your enemy. It is BS but some folks believe in it. It is a kind of plant, usually grown in a dark closet, cover with red cloth. In the South, ethnic Khmer believe and practice these things. Why ? did somebody accuse you of using ngải on your boyfriend ???

    Ngáy ?? snore

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    Ngat = ngất = unconcious

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    Quote Originally Posted by lindal24 View Post
    What is the definition of "ngat"?? I looked it up, but it doesn't really give me a clear definition. It's the way a girl behaves around a guy in Vietnam, but I'm not real sure about the definition still...

    I think it's "nhát" meaning shy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sang56 View Post
    I think it's "nhát" meaning shy.
    It's also meaning "coward".
    Thất bại lớn nhất của đời người là tự đại
    Đáng thương nhất của đời người là tự ti.
    Tự đại + Tự ti = thất bại đáng thương nhất

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