đen tối

Vietnamese

Etymology

đen (“black”) +‎ tối (“dark”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

đen tối

  1. (literal) pitch-dark
  2. dark (generally speaking)
  3. (idiomatic, of a mind or thought) perverted; in the gutter
    cái đầu đen tối ― head full of dirty thoughts
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