vãng lai

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 往來.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˦ˀ˥ laːj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˧˨ laːj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˨˩˦ laːj˧˧] ~ [jaːŋ˨˩˦ laːj˧˧]

Verb

vãng lai

  1. (chiefly attributive) to come and go
    khách vãng lainonlocal customers
    không người vãng laiabandoned/unvisited

Anagrams

  • lai vãng