làng nước

Vietnamese

Etymology

làng (“village”) +‎ nước (“country”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˨˩ nɨək̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˦˩ nɨək̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˨˩ nɨək̚˦˥]

Verb

làng nước

(now literary) one's village
Bớ làng nước ơi, có ăn trộm!
Everyone! There's a thief!
(by extension, humorous, intimate) people within the same scene or subculture
Làng nước ơi, tui mới kiếm ra cái web tải phim này nè.
Lads, I just found this website for movie torrents!

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