đéo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "deo"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese (diu2), otherwise a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: điểu). Compare đểu. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛw˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛw˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛw˦˥]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Verb

đéo • (, 𦛉, , , 𡡅, 𠴼) (colloquial, vulgar)

  1. (ambitransitive, dated) to have penetrative sex (with); to copulate
    Synonyms: (formal) giao hợp, địt, đụ, chịch
    Coordinate term: lẹo lồn
  2. (transitive) fuck (used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something)
    Đéo con mẹ mày!
    Fuck you!
    con mẹ emphasizes the word đéo
    • 1909, Henri Oger, edited by Olivier Tessier and Philippe Le Failler, Technique du peuple Annamite [Mechanics and Crafts of the Annamites], Nhã Nam; Thế Giới; Thư viện thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, published 2009, page 531:
      𠴼(đéo)(mẹ)(cha)𠀲(đứa)𱜢(nào)()𥪝(trong)(cái)(nhà)(này)
      Fuck anyone who is in this house.
      mẹ cha emphasizes the word đéo

Adverb

đéo • (, 𦛉, , , 𡡅, 𠴼) (colloquial)

  1. Negates the meaning of the modified verb: not, like fuck
    Tao đéo cần biết!
    Like fuck I care!
    Tao tên Tuyền, đéo phải Tiền.
    My name is Tuyền, like fuck it’s Tiền (meaning money).
  2. not (to no degree)
    Đéo phải tao!
    Not me!

Synonyms

  • (negating a verb, to no degree): không

Usage notes

  • In contrast to không, this term is not used to modify an adjective.

Interjection

đéo • (, 𦛉, , , 𡡅, 𠴼)

  1. (colloquial) no, like fuck
    Synonym: không
    Đưa đây cho tao!
    Đéo!
    Gimme that!
    Like fuck!

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