khùng
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 狂 (“mad; crazy”, SV: cuồng).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xʊwŋ͡m˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰʊwŋ͡m˦˩] ~ [xʊwŋ͡m˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰʊwŋ͡m˨˩] ~ [xʊwŋ͡m˨˩]
Adjective[edit]
khùng • (窮) (diminutive reduplication khùng khùng)
- (informal) crazy; mad
- Synonym: điên
- điên khùng ― crazy; bonkers
- (informal, euphemistic, used in mild insults) idiotic; moronic; stupid; dummy
- Thằng khùng! ― Idiot!
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