vọng ngoại

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 望 and 外.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ ŋwaːj˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vawŋ͡m˨˩ʔ ŋwaːj˨˩ʔ] ~ [vɔŋ˨˩ʔ ŋwaːj˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vawŋ͡m˨˩˨ ŋwaːj˨˩˨] ~ [jawŋ͡m˨˩˨ ŋwaːj˨˩˨]

Verb

vọng ngoại

1. to worship what is foreign; to be xenophilic