nhấp nhổm

Vietnamese

Etymology

-âp reduplication of nhổm.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲəp̚˧˦ ɲom˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲəp̚˦˧˥ ɲom˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɲəp̚˦˥ ɲom˨˩˦]

Adjective

nhấp nhổm

1. worried (esp. while sitting down); anxious; uneasy; being on tenterhooks; being on pins and needles

   vừa đến đã nhấp nhổm định về ― to be anxious to go back though one has just come