đối phó

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 對付.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗoj˧˦ fɔ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗoj˨˩˦ fɔ˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗoj˦˥ fɔ˦˥]

Verb

đối phó

  1. to deal with; to cope with

Adverb

đối phó

  1. in a phoning in, bare minimum kind of way
    Nó chỉ học đối phó thôi.
    He only gives the impression of studying without actually putting in the hard work.