nhây

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare nhầy, trây.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲəj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲəj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɲəj˧˧]

Adjective

nhây (㖇, 街) (phonemic reduplicative nhây nhây)

(Southern Vietnam, colloquial) (talking, doing something) in a long, drawn-out manner; lengthy

Derived terms

Derived terms

cù nhây
lây nhây
nhây nhớp
nhây nhớt

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