vọng ngoại
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 望 and 外.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ ŋwaːj˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vawŋ͡m˨˩ʔ ŋwaːj˨˩ʔ] ~ [vɔŋ˨˩ʔ ŋwaːj˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vawŋ͡m˨˩˨ ŋwaːj˨˩˨] ~ [jawŋ͡m˨˩˨ ŋwaːj˨˩˨]
Verb edit
- to worship what is foreign; to be xenophilic