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

làm ra vẻ

  1. (transitive) to pretend; to disguise; to do as if