trập trùng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

chập chùng

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “This looks like -âp reduplicative of trùng.”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəp̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈəp̚˨˩ʔ ʈʊwŋ͡m˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈəp̚˨˩˨ ʈʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

Adjective

trập trùng

wavy; rolling; rippling; billowing (especially of landscape)
(figurative) unstable; unsteady; precarious