hào nhoáng

Vietnamese

Etymology

hào (“great, extraordinary”) +‎ nhoáng (“flared up”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [haːw˨˩ ɲwaːŋ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [haːw˦˩ ɲwaːŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [haːw˨˩ ɲwaːŋ˦˥]

Adjective

hào nhoáng

  1. outwardly beautiful but in a showy manner; gaudy; flashy; meretricious
    Nước sơn hào nhoáng, nhưng gỗ không tốt
    The paint is flashy but the wood is not good.
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