đoạn trường

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) đoạn tràng

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 斷腸, composed of 斷 (“to cut off”) and 腸 (“intestine”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaːn˧˨ʔ t͡ɕɨəŋ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaːŋ˨˩ʔ ʈɨəŋ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaːŋ˨˩˨ ʈɨəŋ˨˩]

Adjective

đoạn trường

1. (archaic, literary) painful; grieved; heartbroken; anguished