nông nhàn

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 農閒.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nəwŋ͡m˧˧ ɲaːn˨˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [nəwŋ͡m˧˧ ɲaːŋ˦˩]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [nəwŋ͡m˧˧ ɲaːŋ˨˩]

    Adjective

    nông nhàn

    1. leisure or free time away from agricultural work
      • 2016, Trầm Hương, Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page 45:
        Những lúc nông nhàn, ngồi uống trà bên chồng con, có vài cái bánh trở nên thú vị.
        Whenever they had time away from work on the fields to sit down for some tea with their family, having a cake would be pleasant.
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