đau đớn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Reduplication of đau.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaw˧˧ ʔɗəːn˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaw˧˧ ʔɗəːŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗa(ː)w˧˧ ʔɗəːŋ˦˥]

Adjective

đau đớn

  1. painful; sore
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎[1], published 1866, lines 3–4:
      𣦆(Trải)戈(qua)没(một)局(cuộc)𣷭(bể)橷(dâu)
      仍(Những)調(điều)𬖉(trông)𧡊(thấy)㐌(đã)𤴬(đau)疸(đớn)𢚸(lòng)
      A turbulent mulberry-field-covered-by-sea period had passed.
      The things that we saw still deeply pain our hearts.
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