làng nước

Vietnamese

Etymology

làng (“village”) +‎ nước (“country”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laːŋ˨˩ nɨək̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [laːŋ˦˩ nɨək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [laːŋ˨˩ nɨək̚˦˥]

Verb

làng nước

  1. (now literary) one's village
    Bớ làng nước ơi, có ăn trộm!
    Everyone! There's a thief!
  2. (by extension, humorous, intimate) people within the same scene or subculture
    Làng nước ơi, tui mới kiếm ra cái web tải phim này nè.
    Lads, I just found this website for movie torrents!
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