làm ra vẻ
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
làm (“to do, to make”) + ra vẻ.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laːm˨˩ zaː˧˧ vɛ˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [laːm˦˩ ʐaː˧˧ vɛ˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [laːm˨˩ ɹaː˧˧ vɛ˨˩˦] ~ [laːm˨˩ ɹaː˧˧ jɛ˨˩˦] invalid IPA characters (][)
Verb edit
- (transitive) to pretend; to disguise; to do as if