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Vietnamese
Etymology
Element chèng is likely a blend of Vietnamese chời (“Eye-dialect spelling of trời (“sky, heaven”)”) and mèng, which is possibly from Khmer មេឃ (meik, “sky”),[1] in the interjections mèng ơi and mèng đéc ơi.
Pronunciation
Interjection
chèng ơi
- (Southern Vietnam) gosh, golly, golly gee, gee whiz
- Synonyms: trời ơi, trời đất ơi, mèng ơi, mèng đéc ơi, chèng đéc ơi
References
- ^ Lý Tùng Hiếu (2019) Văn hoá Việt Nam trong ngôn ngữ [Vietnamese Culture in Language]