điếng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 叮 (“to sting”, SV: đinh).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗiəŋ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗiəŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗiəŋ˦˥]

Verb

điếng • (典, 叮, 殿, 頂)

  1. (literal) to sting; to cause numbness
  2. (figurative) to traumatize; to stun; to shock; to stupefy
    Xuất tinh ra máu, chuyện điếng hồn của đàn ông.
    Ejaculating blood, a story to traumatize the mind of man.

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