đen đủi

Vietnamese

Etymology

-ui reduplication of đen.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛn˧˧ ʔɗuj˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˧˧ ʔɗuj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˧˧ ʔɗuj˨˩˦]

Adjective

đen đủi

  1. (colloquial) dark and ugly
  2. unlucky; unfortunate; inauspicious
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