ăn phở

Vietnamese

Etymology

ăn (“to eat”) +‎ phở (“pho”).

Sense 2 stems from the belief that rice (cơm) is a primary meal, while noodles (phở) are something else or “on the side”.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔan˧˧ fəː˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ fəː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ fəː˨˩˦]

Verb

ăn phở

  1. (literally) to eat pho (Vietnamese noodle soup)
  2. (figurative, colloquial, usually of a man) to have an affair
    Antonym: ăn cơm
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