cuống quýt

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

-it reduplication of cuống.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kuəŋ˧˦ kwit̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kuəŋ˦˧˥ kwɨt̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kuəŋ˦˥ wɨt̚˦˥]

Verb

cuống quýt

  1. to lose one's head;[1] to be in an agitated hurry
    Mai cuống quýt tìm giấy thông hành khi qua biên giới.
    Mai frantically searched for her passport when crossing the border.

References

  1. ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995) “cuống quít”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 75
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