ròng rã

Vietnamese

Etymology

-a reduplication (C tone) of ròng.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zawŋ͡m˨˩ zaː˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐawŋ͡m˦˩ ʐaː˧˨] ~ [ʐɔŋ˦˩ ʐaː˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹawŋ͡m˨˩ ɹaː˨˩˦]

Adverb

ròng rã

1. (of passage of time) agonizingly long