rùng mình
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zʊwŋ͡m˨˩ mïŋ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐʊwŋ͡m˦˩ mɨn˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɹʊwŋ͡m˨˩ mɨn˨˩]
Verb
- to shudder; to shiver; to tremble; to feel creeped out; to get the shivers
- rùng mình vì lạnh ― to shiver with cold
- Chỉ nghĩ đến đó, tôi đã thấy rùng mình.
- Just thinking about it makes me shiver.
- Người nước ngoài rùng mình khi thấy những cụ bà Việt Nam nhổ nước trầu.
- Foreigners shudder when seeing old Vietnamese ladies spit out betel-stained saliva (lit. "betel water/juice").
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.