tang tóc

See also: tăng tốc

Vietnamese

Etymology

tang +‎ tóc, clipping of để tang để tóc (“to mourn and to let the hair grows long”).

This came from the old custom of not cutting one's hair during the mourning period.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taːŋ˧˧ tawk͡p̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [taːŋ˧˧ tawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [taːŋ˧˧ tawk͡p̚˦˥]

Adjective

tang tóc

  1. mourning; mournful
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