đối phó

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 對付.

    Pronunciation

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

    Verb

    đối phó

    1. to deal with; to cope with

    Adverb

    đối phó

    1. in a phoning in, bare minimum kind of way
      Nó chỉ học đối phó thôi.
      He only gives the impression of studying without actually putting in the hard work.