ôn dịch

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 瘟疫.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔon˧˧ zïk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔoŋ˧˧ jɨt̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔoŋ˧˧ jɨt̚˨˩˨]

Noun

ôn dịch

  1. (chiefly dated) pestilence; epidemic
    ôn dịch thuốc lá ― the tobacco epidemic

Adjective

ôn dịch

  1. used to insult
    Đồ ôn dịch!
    You (son of a) bitch!; You scum!
    Cái thằng ôn dịch đó hả?
    That son of a bitch?
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