chếnh choáng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of choáng (“stunned”).

Attested as Middle Vietnamese chên chŏáng in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651). [1]

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəjŋ̟˧˦ t͡ɕwaːŋ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕen˦˧˥ t͡ɕwaːŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəːn˦˥ c⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˦˥]

Adjective

chếnh choáng • (正𤶜)

  1. tipsy; groggy; dizzy (especially from alcohol)

References

  1. ^
    2014 February 15, “Từ điển Việt–Bồ–La/C”, in Wikisource‎[1]:
    chên chŏáng : cambetas de bebado: titubatio ebrij
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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