nặng nề

Vietnamese

Etymology

From nặng (“heavy/stressful”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [naŋ˧˨ʔ ne˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [naŋ˨˩ʔ nej˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [naŋ˨˩˨ nej˨˩]

Adjective

nặng nề • (𥗾𪿗)

heavy; massive; hefty
burdensome; onerous; demanding; stressful
(figurative, of motion) slow; clumsy; awkward
(euphemistic) fat; chunky; obese

Adverb

nặng nề • (𥗾𪿗)

heavily; massively
onerously; stressfully
(figurative, of motion) clumsily; awkwardly

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