âu sầu

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 憂愁 (sad, SV: ưu sầu).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔəw˧˧ səw˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔəw˧˧ ʂəw˦˩] ~ [ʔəw˧˧ səw˦˩] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔəw˧˧ ʂəw˨˩] ~ [ʔəw˧˧ səw˨˩] invalid IPA characters (][)

Adjective[edit]

âu sầu

  1. sad; sorrowful; melancholy