tơ tưởng

Vietnamese

Etymology

tơ (“(archaic) to love”) +‎ tưởng (“to think”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [təː˧˧ tɨəŋ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [təː˧˧ tɨəŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [təː˧˧ tɨəŋ˨˩˦]

Verb

tơ tưởng

1. (colloquial) to constantly think of (something one desires); to long for; to daydream; to muse