làm sao

Vietnamese

Etymology

làm +‎ sao.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːm˨˩ saːw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [laːm˦˩ ʂaːw˧˧] ~ [laːm˦˩ saːw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laːm˨˩ ʂaːw˧˧] ~ [laːm˨˩ saːw˧˧]

Adverb

why; how
(literary) how; so
To làm sao! ― How big!

Usage notes

The second usage is quite literary and often comes off as awkward in normal conversation, where the use of intensifiers such as dữ, ghê, thế, vậy is more common.

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