trăn trở

Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested as blăn blở in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Related to lăn and trở.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕan˧˧ t͡ɕəː˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧ ʈəː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧ ʈəː˨˩˦]

Verb

trăn trở

  1. (rare) to toss and turn (in bed)
  2. (figurative) to be concerned; to worry
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