đụng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗʊwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗʊwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗʊwŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 動 (SV: động). Compare động.

    Verb

    đụng

    1. to bump against; to collide (with); to come into collision
    2. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to meet (unexpectedly); to encounter
    3. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to marry (each other)
    4. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) synonym of động (“to touch (with, upon)”)
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    đụng

    1. (colloquial) to club together (to eat, buy something)

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    đụng

    1. (Central Vietnam) alternative form of đũng (“seat (of trousers)”)
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