tay trên

Vietnamese

Etymology

tay +‎ trên.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taj˧˧ t͡ɕen˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [taj˧˧ ʈen˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ta(ː)j˧˧ ʈəːn˧˧]

Adverb

tay trên

  1. (colloquial, almost always in phỗng tay trên) quickly snatching something that would give oneself advantage