máy bay bà già
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]máy bay (“airplane”) + bà già (“old lady”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maj˧˦ ʔɓaj˧˧ ʔɓaː˨˩ zaː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [maj˨˩˦ ʔɓaj˧˧ ʔɓaː˦˩ jaː˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ma(ː)j˦˥ ʔɓa(ː)j˧˧ ʔɓaː˨˩ jaː˨˩]
Idiom
[edit]- (figurative) An older woman who loves a man that is much younger than her (sugar mama, we can say).