thơ thẩn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 詩哂 (“to smile over a poem”, SV: thi thẩn).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰəː˧˧ tʰən˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰəː˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰəː˧˧ tʰəŋ˨˩˦]

Verb

thơ thẩn

1. (chiefly formal) to wander with vague thoughts

Adjective

thơ thẩn

1. (literary, of one's mind) aimless

   Synonyms: tha thẩn, xa xẩn