rồng rắn lên mây

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zəwŋ͡m˨˩ zan˧˦ len˧˧ məj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐəwŋ͡m˦˩ ʐaŋ˦˧˥ len˧˧ məj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹəwŋ͡m˨˩ ɹaŋ˦˥ ləːn˧˧ məj˧˧]

Noun

rồng rắn lên mây

1. (literal) dragons and snakes ascends above the clouds
2. (games) a children's game in which the loser ("it") of a choosing game (such as rock-paper-scissors) tries to "tag" the person at the tail end of a line formed by the winners who all try to block the loser, after the line has "marched" around and finished singing the children's song associated with this game (which starts with the phrase rồng rắn lên mây); if the loser succeeds in "tagging" that person, the latter will become the next loser (the next "it")