dùng dằng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (dialectal) dùng dắng
  • nhùng nhằng (<d-> vs. <nh-> correspondence)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zʊwŋ͡m˨˩ zaŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jʊwŋ͡m˦˩ jaŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jʊwŋ͡m˨˩ jaŋ˨˩]

Verb

dùng dằng • (用孕, 用寅, 用浪, 拥𢫡, 𨀍𨄻, 𨀍𨀊)

  1. to move reluctantly or indecisively
    Synonym: chùng chình
    Cứ dùng dằng như thế khéo nó phắn đời tám hoáy rồi không chừng!
    Don't act so indecisively like that, or else she would just already get away!
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