hoang đường

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 荒唐.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hwaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hwaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [waːŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]

Adjective

hoang đường

  1. (of a story or narrative) ridiculous, sounding made-up, almost certainly delusional or fictitious; bogus, false, nonsensical, preposterous, etc.