tự tung tự tác

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 自縱自作.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɨ˧˨ʔ tʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˧˨ʔ taːk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨ˨˩ʔ tʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˨˩ʔ taːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɨ˨˩˨ tʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˨˩˨ taːk̚˦˥]

Verb

tự tung tự tác

1. (idiomatic) to do as one pleases