rờ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ro"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐəː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹəː˨˩]

Etymology 1

Cognate with Arem rərʌː.

Alternative forms

• sờ

Verb

rờ • (疎) (diminutive reduplication rờ rờ)

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to touch
2. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, colloquial, often in reduplicated form) to take one's sweet time

   Đi có tí mà làm gì rờ dữ vậy?

   You sure took your sweet time to simply get here.

Derived terms

• cà rờ
• mò rờ
• rờ mò
• rờ rẫm

 

See also

• đụng; chạm

Etymology 2

Noun

rờ

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.