ngắc ngoải
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋak̚˧˦ ŋwaːj˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋak̚˦˧˥ ŋwaːj˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋak̚˦˥ ŋwaːj˨˩˦]
Verb
- be at death's door, be at the point of death
References
Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “ngắc ngoải”, in Việt–Việt[1] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024