nhấp nhổm

Vietnamese

Etymology

-âp reduplication of nhổm.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲəp̚˧˦ ɲom˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲəp̚˦˧˥ ɲom˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɲəp̚˦˥ ɲom˨˩˦]

Adjective

nhấp nhổm

worried (esp. while sitting down); anxious; uneasy; being on tenterhooks; being on pins and needles
vừa đến đã nhấp nhổm định về ― to be anxious to go back though one has just come

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