động tĩnh
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 動靜, composed of 動 (“moving”) and 靜 (“still”)
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ tïŋ˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ tɨn˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩˨ tɨn˨˩˦]
Noun
- (chiefly in the interrogative or the negative) activity (state or quality of being active)
- Chẳng thấy có động tĩnh gì cả.
- I'm not seeing any activity.