phỗng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

phỗng • (󱥆)

a kind of statue
ngồi im như phỗng ― to sit still like a phỗng statue

trơ như phỗng ― to be motionless like a phỗng statue

Verb

phỗng • (唪)

to take away, to deprive, to steal
bị kẻ gian phỗng mất cái ví ― to have one's wallet stolen by a thief

phỗng tay trên ― to take away something before someone else
- Anonymous, Nữ tú tài tân truyện (女秀才新傳 "New Account about the Talented Lady"); 1890 version
  想(Tưởng)浪(rằng)𧗱(về)旦(đến)時(thì)𢧚(nên)
  拯(Chẳng)疑(ngờ)㐌(đã)唪(phỗng)𢬣(tay)𨕭(trên)𠽋(nực)唭(cười)
  He thought that upon his return his marriage with her would be finalized.
  He never suspected that her hand had been comically taken away in marriage.

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