nhảy cẫng

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Compound of nhảy (“to jump”) with an obscure element.”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲaj˧˩ kəŋ˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲaj˧˨ kəŋ˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɲa(ː)j˨˩˦ kəŋ˨˩˦]

Verb

nhảy cẫng • (𬦮𨃈)

to jump for joy; to jump around vigorously in delight (like a child)