dùng

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zʊwŋ͡m˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jʊwŋ͡m˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 用 (“to use”, SV: dụng). Doublet of dụng.

dùng

1. to use; to employ

   Synonyms: sử dụng, xài

2. (polite or honorific) to eat or drink; to have

   Xin mời ông dùng trà.

   Please enjoy your tea.

• Usually applied to objects and things, so it might have negative connotations when applied to humans.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

(classifier cây) dùng

1. white bamboo (Bambusa chungii)

   Synonyms: dùng phấn, tre phấn