máy móc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Originally máy (“to touch; to move”) +‎ móc (“to draw out; to pull out”), probably with the intended meaning being "to fiddle with, to mess around with"; now used chiefly as collective noun of máy (“machine”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maj˧˦ mawk͡p̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [maj˨˩˦ mawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ma(ː)j˦˥ mawk͡p̚˦˥]

Noun

máy móc

  1. (collective) machines; machinery

Adjective

máy móc

  1. (disapproving, of people or the way they do things) that follows rules or guidelines uncritically; mechanical, artificial, stiff, inflexible, etc.
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