ăn không ngồi rồi

Vietnamese

Etymology

ăn (“to eat”) +‎ không (“do nothing”) +‎ ngồi (“to sit”) +‎ rồi (“free, unoccupied”). Literally, “To do nothing but eat and sit around idly”.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔan˧˧ xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ŋoj˨˩ zoj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ ŋoj˦˩ ʐoj˦˩] ~ [ʔaŋ˧˧ xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ŋoj˦˩ ʐoj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ ŋoj˨˩ ɹoj˨˩] ~ [ʔaŋ˧˧ xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ŋoj˨˩ ɹoj˨˩]

Adjective

ăn không ngồi rồi

  1. (disapproving) idle
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