vô dạng

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 無恙.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vo˧˧ zaːŋ˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [vow˧˧ jaːŋ˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vow˧˧ jaːŋ˨˩˨] ~ [jow˧˧ jaːŋ˨˩˨]

    Adjective

    vô dạng

    1. (literary) unharmed; in good health; without a scratch
      • 1930, Tân Dân Tử, Gia Long tẩu quốc‎[1]:
        [...] từ khi người theo đức Nguyển Ánh mà phò vua giúp nước, xông pha giửa chốn mủi đạn đường tên, chẳng biết người có bình yên vô dạng, mạnh giõi thế nào, mà vắng bặc âm hao, làm cho cô mong-mõi ngày trông đêm đợi [...]
        [...] ever since he followed lord Nguyễn Ánh, serving the king and aiding the country, charging through places filled with bullets and arrows, there had been no knowing whether he had remained safe and sound; rather, it was filled with his absence of any word or sign, leaving her longing day and night [...]
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