âu sầu

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Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

sad; sorrowful; melancholy

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