đéo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "deo"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese (diu2), otherwise a

    non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: điểu). Compare đểu. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛw˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛw˨˩˦]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛw˦˥]
    • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

    Verb

    đéo • (, 𦛉, , , 𡡅, 𠴼) (colloquial, vulgar)

    1. (ambitransitive, dated) to have penetrative sex (with); to copulate
      Synonyms: (formal) giao hợp, địt, đụ, chịch
      Coordinate term: lẹo lồn
    2. (transitive) fuck (used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something)
      Đéo con mẹ mày!
      Fuck you!
      con mẹ emphasizes the word đéo
      • 1909, Henri Oger, edited by Olivier Tessier and Philippe Le Failler, Technique du peuple Annamite [Mechanics and Crafts of the Annamites], Nhã Nam; Thế Giới; Thư viện thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, published 2009, page 531:
        𠴼(đéo)(mẹ)(cha)𠀲(đứa)𱜢(nào)()𥪝(trong)(cái)(nhà)(này)
        Fuck anyone who is in this house.
        mẹ cha emphasizes the word đéo

    Adverb

    đéo • (, 𦛉, , , 𡡅, 𠴼) (colloquial)

    1. Negates the meaning of the modified verb: not, like fuck
      Tao đéo cần biết!
      Like fuck I care!
      Tao tên Tuyền, đéo phải Tiền.
      My name is Tuyền, like fuck it’s Tiền (meaning money).
    2. not (to no degree)
      Đéo phải tao!
      Not me!

    Usage notes

    • In contrast to không, this term is not used to modify an adjective.

    Synonyms

    • (negating a verb, to no degree): không

    Interjection

    đéo • (, 𦛉, , , 𡡅, 𠴼)

    1. (colloquial) no, like fuck
      Synonym: không
      Đưa đây cho tao!
      Đéo!
      Gimme that!
      Like fuck!

    References