trống không
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]trống (“empty”) + không (“empty”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˦ xəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʈəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ xəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈəwŋ͡m˦˥ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʈəwŋ͡m˦˥ xəwŋ͡m˧˧]
Adjective
[edit]- (literal, rare) completely empty
- Synonym: trống trơn
Adverb
[edit]- (figurative, of speaking, especially that of a child or a junior) without proper pronouns, kinship terms, politeness interjections (such as dạ, vâng) or sentence-ending particles (such as ạ), and therefore impolitely