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窝囊

wōnang

to feel vexed

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to feel vexed

02

annoyed

03

good-for-nothing

04

stupid and cowardly

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 窝囊 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 窝囊 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

就算被他严厉地指责,他也无法反驳任何一句话,真是个窝囊的傢伙。jiù suàn bèi tā yán lì dì zhǐ zé, tā yě wú fǎ fǎn bó rèn hé yī jù huà, zhēn shì gè wō nāng de jiā huǒ。

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就算被他严厉地指责,他也无法反驳任何一句话,真的是个窝囊的傢伙。jiù suàn bèi tā yán lì dì zhǐ zé, tā yě wú fǎ fǎn bó rèn hé yī jù huà, zhēn de shì gè wō nāng de jiā huǒ。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 窝囊.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 窝囊.

Directly before

  • 个窝囊2

Directly after

  • 窝囊的2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 窝囊

What does 窝囊 mean in Chinese?

窝囊 (wōnang) means to feel vexed.

How do you pronounce 窝囊?

窝囊 is pronounced wōnang.

Is 窝囊 an HSK word?

窝囊 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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