trũng

See also: trung, trúng, trùng, trụng, trưng, trứng, and trừng

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *luŋ(h) ~ *luuŋ(h) ~ *ləŋ(h) (“hole, hollow; to bore, excavate”); cognate with Khmer លុង (lung, “to dig hole, drill, bore, excavate”), Central Nicobarese ong-lòng (“to drill hole”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦]

Adjective

trũng • (𫢵, 𬺙, 冢)

1. be lower than the surrounding earth's surface