hoang đường

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 荒唐.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hwaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hwaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [waːŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]

Adjective

hoang đường

1. (of a story or narrative) ridiculous, sounding made-up, almost certainly delusional or fictitious; bogus, false, nonsensical, preposterous, etc.