nhằm nhò

Vietnamese

Etymology

-o reduplication (A tone) of nhằm. This root is also seen in ăn nhằm.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲam˨˩ ɲɔ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲam˦˩ ɲɔ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɲam˨˩ ɲɔ˨˩]

Verb

nhằm nhò

  1. (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to suffer from a potential harm or threat