chổng kềnh

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • chỏng kềnh

Etymology

Borrowed from Khmer ចង្គ្រាង (cɑngkriəng, “to be flat or to fall on one's back with the limbs up in the air”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˩ kəjŋ̟˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˨ ken˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəwŋ͡m˨˩˦ kəːn˨˩]

Verb

chổng kềnh

  1. (colloquial) to fall on one's back; to topple or roll over
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