đi ngoài

Vietnamese

Etymology

đi (“to go”) +‎ ngoài (“outside”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗi˧˧ ŋwaːj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɪj˧˧ ŋwaːj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɪj˧˧ ŋwaːj˨˩]
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Verb

đi ngoài

  1. (euphemistic) to do number two; to relieve oneself; to move one's bowels
    Synonym: đi tiêu
    đi ngoài ra nước
    to go to the bathroom and pass loose stools, i.e. to have diarrhoea
    [Note: this may be a pun on đi ra nước ngoài (“to go abroad”)]
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