không mời mà đến
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Chinese 不請自來／不请自来 (bất thỉnh tự lai).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ məːj˨˩ maː˨˩ ʔɗen˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ məːj˦˩ maː˦˩ ʔɗen˦˧˥] ~ [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ məːj˦˩ maː˦˩ ʔɗen˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ məːj˨˩ maː˨˩ ʔɗəːn˦˥] ~ [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ məːj˨˩ maː˨˩ ʔɗəːn˦˥]
Adjective
[edit]- (of a guest) univited but turning up anyway
- khách không mời mà đến
- a visiting uninvited guest
- (of someone of something unpleasant) very unwelcome but keep turning up anyway