trớt quớt

== Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəːt̚˧˦ kwəːt̚˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈəːk̚˦˧˥ kwəːk̚˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈəːk̚˦˥ wəːk̚˦˥] === Adjective === trớt quớt (Southern Vietnam, colloquial) futile, anticlimactic, having turned out to be useless