nhoáng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

loáng

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese nháng (“a flash”) as in chớp nháng (“a flash of lightning”). Attested in Chỉ nam ngọc âm giải nghĩa (指南玉音解義) "Thi Tiên chớp nháng vi quang".

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲwaːŋ˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲwaːŋ˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɲwaːŋ˦˥]

Noun

nhoáng • (晄)

a short while, a moment

Derived terms

chớp nhoáng

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