bà Mụ nặn nhầm

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ mu˧˨ʔ nan˧˨ʔ ɲəm˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˦˩ mʊw˨˩ʔ naŋ˨˩ʔ ɲəm˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ mʊw˨˩˨ naŋ˨˩˨ ɲəm˨˩]

Phrase

bà Mụ nặn nhầm

1. (literal) something must have gone wrong when the Midwife got this child out of their mother
2. (figurative) the child in question is too boyish for a girl or too girlish for a boy