trống không
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
trống (“empty”) + không (“empty”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˦ xəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʈəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ xəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈəwŋ͡m˦˥ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʈəwŋ͡m˦˥ xəwŋ͡m˧˧]
Adjective edit
- (literal, rare) completely empty
- Synonym: trống trơn
Adverb edit
- (figurative, of speaking, especially that of a child or a junior) without proper pronouns, kinship terms, politeness interjections (such as dạ, vâng) or sentence-ending particles (such as ạ), and therefore impolitely