chập chờn

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Vietnamese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Formally seems to be an -âp reduplicative of chờn, a word that doesn't appear in isolation in modern Vietnamese.”

Pronunciation

Adjective

chập chờn (𪮞𤒲)

  1. unstable; on-off; fluctuating
    mạng chập chờnunstable Internet connection
  2. (figurative) half-asleep; half-awake
  3. (archaic) flickering; twinkling; scintillating