mưa gió

Vietnamese

Etymology

mưa +‎ gió; compare Chinese 風雨 / 风雨 (phong vũ).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɨə˧˧ zɔ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mɨə˧˧ jɔ˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɨə˧˧ jɔ˦˥]

Noun

mưa gió

  1. rain and wind (generally speaking); (unfavourable) weather
  2. (figurative) vicissitudes of life; ups and downs
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.