tuồng

The more original meaning word was "look; appearance", which then extended to the performance art due to the performers' eye-catching costumes; hát tuồng therefore can be understood as "costume singing" or "vocal performance with costumes".

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tuəŋ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tuəŋ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tuəŋ˨˩]

tuồng • (從, 傱, 㗰, 象, 像)

1. (colloquial) look; appearance; mien
2. (by extension) classical Vietnamese opera (hát tuồng)
3. (derogatory) sort; kind (of person)

tuồng • (象)

1. (obsolete) probably, roughly
2. (obsolete) to seem; to look
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     象拯蒸𫜵麻𫜵意羅𡗶

     Tuồng chẳng chưng làm mà làm ấy là trời.

     It seems that one who does not do anything, but does it is heavenly.