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bà Mụ nặn nhầm

phrase
Hanoi [ʔɓaː˨˩ mu˧˨ʔ nan˧˨ʔ ɲəm˨˩]Huế [ʔɓaː˦˩ mʊw˨˩ʔ naŋ˨˩ʔ ɲəm˦˩]Saigon [ʔɓaː˨˩ mʊw˨˩˨ naŋ˨˩˨ ɲəm˨˩] browser voice
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Meanings of bà Mụ nặn nhầm in English

Phrase

  1. literal something must have gone wrong when the Midwife got this child out of their mother
  2. figurative the child in question is too boyish for a girl or too girlish for a boy

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IPA: Hanoi [ʔɓaː˨˩ mu˧˨ʔ nan˧˨ʔ ɲəm˨˩]; Saigon [ʔɓaː˨˩ mʊw˨˩˨ naŋ˨˩˨ ɲəm˨˩]. Tones: bà — falling tone (huyền), mụ — heavy tone (nặng), nặn — heavy tone (nặng), nhầm — falling tone (huyền).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited. IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.