đầu nước

Vietnamese

Etymology

đầu +‎ nước.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ nɨək̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˦˩ nɨək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ nɨək̚˦˥]

Noun

đầu nước

  1. head of a current (especially where a dyke collapses)

Adjective

đầu nước

  1. (colloquial, figurative, of unwanted events) unavoidable; ineluctable; certain;
    Hắn thua đầu nước rồi.
    He's surely worsted.
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