nói khoác

Vietnamese

Etymology

nói +‎ khoác

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɔj˧˦ xwaːk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɔj˨˩˦ kʰwaːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nɔj˦˥ kʰwaːk̚˦˥]

Verb

nói khoác

1. to talk big, to talk a good game

Synonyms

• (to talk big): nói phét, nổ

See also

• nói sạo

References

• Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “nói khoác”, in Việt–Việt‎^[1] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024