đồng tiền

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 銅錢 (“coin”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ tiən˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ tiəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ tiəŋ˨˩]

Noun

đồng tiền

  1. coin
  2. currency; money
  3. short for lúm đồng tiền (“dimple”)
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