xuề xoà

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

xuề xòa

Etymology

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Particularly: “it seems that the two syllables, by themselves, are meaningless, and come together just for this word.”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [swe˨˩ swaː˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [swej˦˩ swaː˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [s⁽ʷ⁾ej˨˩ s⁽ʷ⁾aː˨˩]

Adjective

xuề xoà

easygoing; simple and modest