thảng bình

See also: Thăng Bình

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 躺平, from Mandarin 躺平 (tǎngpíng).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰaːŋ˧˩ ʔɓïŋ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰaːŋ˧˨ ʔɓɨn˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰaːŋ˨˩˦ ʔɓɨn˨˩]

Verb

thảng bình

1. (literal) to lie flat
2. (figuratively, neologism) to be unmoved; to lose passion; to be unwilling to struggle

   Synonyms: tang ping, tangping