đua đòi

Vietnamese

Etymology

đua +‎ đòi.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗuə˧˧ ʔɗɔj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗuə˧˧ ʔɗɔj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗuə˧˧ ʔɗɔj˨˩]

Verb

đua đòi

  1. to imitate (to show that one is not inferior); to copy; to take a leaf out of someone's book