tuồng

Etymology
The more original meaning word was "look; appearance", which then extended to the performance art due to the performers' eye-catching costumes; hát tuồng therefore can be understood as "costume singing" or "vocal performance with costumes".

Noun

 * 1)  look; appearance; mien
 * 2)  classical Vietnamese opera ()
 * 3)  sort; kind (of person)

Adverb

 * 1)  probably, roughly
 * 2)  to seem; to look
 * 3) * Tân biên Truyền kỳ mạn lục tăng bổ giải âm tập chú (新編傳奇漫錄增補解音集註)