vãng lai

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 往來.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vaːŋ˦ˀ˥ laːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vaːŋ˧˨ laːj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vaːŋ˨˩˦ laːj˧˧] ~ [jaːŋ˨˩˦ laːj˧˧]

Verb

vãng lai

1. (chiefly attributive) to come and go

   khách vãng lai ― nonlocal customers

   không người vãng lai ― abandoned/unvisited

Anagrams

• lai vãng