đứt bóng

Vietnamese

Etymology

đứt +‎ bóng, literally "to have one's shadow cut off".

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨt̚˧˦ ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨk̚˦˧˥ ʔɓawŋ͡m˦˧˥] ~ [ʔɗɨk̚˦˧˥ ʔɓɔŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨk̚˦˥ ʔɓawŋ͡m˦˥]

Verb

đứt bóng

  1. (usually humorous) to die