đoạn trường

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) đoạn tràng

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 斷腸, composed of 斷 (“to cut off”) and 腸 (“intestine”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗwaːn˧˨ʔ t͡ɕɨəŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗwaːŋ˨˩ʔ ʈɨəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗwaːŋ˨˩˨ ʈɨəŋ˨˩]

Adjective

đoạn trường

  1. (archaic, literary) painful; grieved; heartbroken; anguished
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