luẩn quẩn

Vietnamese

Etymology

l- reduplication of quẩn. Compare lẩn quẩn, loanh quanh.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lwən˧˩ kwən˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lwəŋ˧˨ kwəŋ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [l⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˨˩˦ wəŋ˨˩˦]

Verb

luẩn quẩn

  1. to dangle about; to hover about; to hang around