lơ lửng

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ləː˧˧ lɨŋ˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ləː˧˧ lɨŋ˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ləː˧˧ lɨŋ˨˩˦]

Verb

lơ lửng

to float, hang or dangle in mid-air