vòi vĩnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

-inh reduplication of vòi.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɔj˨˩ vïŋ˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vɔj˦˩ vɨn˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɔj˨˩ vɨn˨˩˦] ~ [jɔj˨˩ jɨn˨˩˦]

Verb

vòi vĩnh

to ask for (money, presents, etc. incessantly); to clamour for

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