mếu máo
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mếu.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mew˧˦ maːw˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mew˨˩˦ maːw˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [mew˦˥ maːw˦˥]
Verb
[edit]mếu máo
- to twist one's mouth as one cries or before one is about to cry
- 2016, Trầm Hương, Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page 42:
- Nhiều người không cầm nổi nước mắt trước hai đứa trẻ mặc áo xô, vừa mếu máo khóc gọi cha, vừa lủi thủi đi sau quan tài.
- Many people could not contain their tears at the two children wearing mismatched clothes, mouths twisted due to crying for their father while lonesomely walking behind the coffin.