lạc trôi

Vietnamese

Etymology

From the 2017 song Lạc trôi, a compound of lạc (“to be lost”) +‎ trôi (“to drift; to flow”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laːk̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕoj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [laːk̚˨˩ʔ ʈoj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [laːk̚˨˩˨ ʈoj˧˧]

Verb

lạc trôi

  1. (neologism, slang) to be lost; to lose one's direction; to be lost and adrift
  2. (neologism, slang) to go with the flow; to float with the stream
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