nướng

See also: nương and nường

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ɗaːŋʔ (“to roast”). Compare Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects náng, Maleng daːŋ³.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɨəŋ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɨəŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nɨəŋ˦˥]

Verb

nướng • (𤓢, 𪹷, 𣡤)

1. (cooking) to roast or grill (usually meat or fish) directly over fire or charcoal; compare quay (“to spit-roast”) and rang (“to roast in a pan”)

   cá nướng ― grilled fish

2. (cooking, baking) to bake

   lò nướng bánh ― a baking oven

3. (colloquial) to be shorn of (money); to lose; to squander
4. Short for ngủ nướng (“to sleep in”).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• nấu nướng
• ngủ nướng