hoang đường

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 荒唐.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hwaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hwaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [waːŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]

Adjective

hoang đường

(of a story or narrative) ridiculous, sounding made-up, almost certainly delusional or fictitious; bogus, false, nonsensical, preposterous, etc.

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