nhấp nhổm

Vietnamese

Etymology

-âp reduplication of nhổm.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

nhấp nhổm

  1. worried (esp. while sitting down); anxious; uneasy; being on tenterhooks; being on pins and needles
    vừa đến đã nhấp nhổm định về ― to be anxious to go back though one has just come
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