lạc trôi
Vietnamese
Etymology
From the 2017 song Lạc trôi, a compound of lạc (“to be lost”) + trôi (“to drift; to flow”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laːk̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕoj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [laːk̚˨˩ʔ ʈoj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [laːk̚˨˩˨ ʈoj˧˧]
Verb
lạc trôi
- (neologism, slang) to be lost; to lose one's direction; to be lost and adrift
- (neologism, slang) to go with the flow; to float with the stream