hỏng hóc
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hỏng (“broken”) + hóc (“jammed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hawŋ͡m˧˩ hawk͡p̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hawŋ͡m˧˨ hawk͡p̚˦˧˥] ~ [hɔŋ˧˨ hawk͡p̚˦˧˥] invalid IPA characters (][)
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [hawŋ͡m˨˩˦ hawk͡p̚˦˥]
Verb
[edit]- (of machine) to break down; to fail