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từa lưa

adjective
Hanoi [tɨə˨˩ lɨə˧˧]Huế [tɨə˦˩ lɨə˧˧]Saigon [tɨə˨˩ lɨə˧˧] browser voice
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Meanings of từa lưa in English

Adjective

  1. accompanied by a runny nose, of tears having been excreted excessively to the point of making the face of the person crying look messy
    • nước mắt nước mũi từa lưaoverflowing with tears

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How do you pronounce từa lưa?

IPA: Hanoi [tɨə˨˩ lɨə˧˧]; Saigon [tɨə˨˩ lɨə˧˧]. Tones: từa — falling tone (huyền), lưa — level tone (ngang).

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.