đình công

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 停工.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗïŋ˨˩ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨn˦˩ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨn˨˩ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]

Verb

đình công

  1. to go on a strike; to strike (to stop working as a protest)
    Synonym: bãi công