sphinx
/sfɪŋks/
US pronunciation
American sound/sfɪŋks/
sphinx
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US voice -> sphinx
Myanmar meaning
(n) မနုသာီဟ။
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sphinx /sfÇŋk/ n (esp the Sphinx )
(အီဂျစ်ပြည်ရှိ) လူ့ခေါင်းနှင့် ခင်္သြေ့ကိုယ် ကျောက်ရုပ်။ လူခင်္သြေ့။ [ ဥ ] ပဟေဠိဆန်ဆန် မထုံတက်သေးနေတတ်သူ။
a sphinx-like (ie mysterious) smile.
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- sphinx /sfÇŋk/ n (esp the Sphinx ) (အီဂျစ်ပြည်ရှိ) လူ့ခေါင်းနှင့် ခင်္သြေ့ကိုယ် ကျောက်ရုပ်။ လူခင်္သြေ့။ [ဥ] ပဟေဠိဆန်ဆန် မထုံတက်သေးနေတတ်သူ။ a sphinx-like (ie mysterious) smile.
Synonyms
Gordian knot, abstruseness, bewilderment, brainteaser, braintwister, charade, chiller, cliffhanger, closed book, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, difficulty, enigma, grabber, inscrutability, inscrutableness, knot, mind-boggler, mind-twister, mindboggler, mystery, mystification, occult, oracle, parable, perplexity, poser, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, puzzler, question, question mark, rebus, riddle, rune, secrecy, secret, sixty-four dollar question, sixty-four-thousand-dollar question, sticker, stickler, stumper, subtlety, teaser, thriller, tough nut to crack, twister, whodunit, why
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