mếu máo

Vietnamese

Etymology

From mếu.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mew˧˦ maːw˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mew˨˩˦ maːw˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mew˦˥ maːw˦˥]

Verb

mếu máo

to twist one's mouth as one cries or before one is about to cry
- 2016, Trầm Hương, Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page 42:
  Nhiều người không cầm nổi nước mắt trước hai đứa trẻ mặc áo xô, vừa mếu máo khóc gọi cha, vừa lủi thủi đi sau quan tài.
  Many people could not contain their tears at the two children wearing mismatched clothes, mouths twisted due to crying for their father while lonesomely walking behind the coffin.

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