hoang đường

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 荒唐.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hwaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [hwaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [waːŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]

    Adjective

    hoang đường

    1. (of a story or narrative) ridiculous, sounding made-up, almost certainly delusional or fictitious; bogus, false, nonsensical, preposterous, etc.