vân vân và mây mây
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- vân vân mây mây
Etymology
An extension of vân vân (云云, “et cetera”), interpreting vân (云, “to say”) as vân (雲, “cloud”) and matching it with the native equivalent mây (“cloud”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vən˧˧ vən˧˧ vaː˨˩ məj˧˧ məj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vəŋ˧˧ vəŋ˧˧ vaː˦˩ məj˧˧ məj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vəŋ˧˧ vəŋ˧˧ vaː˨˩ məj˧˧ məj˧˧] ~ [jəŋ˧˧ jəŋ˧˧ jaː˨˩ məj˧˧ məj˧˧]
Phrase
vân vân và mây mây
- and so on and so forth; et cetera