vọng ngoại

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from and .

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ ŋwaːj˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [vawŋ͡m˨˩ʔ ŋwaːj˨˩ʔ] ~ [vɔŋ˨˩ʔ ŋwaːj˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vawŋ͡m˨˩˨ ŋwaːj˨˩˨] ~ [jawŋ͡m˨˩˨ ŋwaːj˨˩˨]

    Verb

    vọng ngoại

    1. to worship what is foreign; to be xenophilic