hỏng hóc

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hỏng (broken) +‎ hóc (jammed).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hawŋ͡m˧˩ hawk͡p̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hawŋ͡m˧˨ hawk͡p̚˦˧˥] ~ [hɔŋ˧˨ hawk͡p̚˦˧˥] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [hawŋ͡m˨˩˦ hawk͡p̚˦˥]

Verb[edit]

hỏng hóc

  1. (of machine) to break down; to fail