khăng khăng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Reduplication of khăng.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xaŋ˧˧ xaŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰaŋ˧˧ kʰaŋ˧˧] ~ [xaŋ˧˧ xaŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰaŋ˧˧ kʰaŋ˧˧] ~ [xaŋ˧˧ xaŋ˧˧]

Adverb

khăng khăng

1. insistently; persistently; pertinaciously