tả pín lù

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Cantonese 打邊爐 / 打边炉 (daa2 bin1 lou4, đả biên lô, “hot pot”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taː˧˩ pin˧˦ lu˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [taː˧˨ pin˦˧˥ lʊw˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [taː˨˩˦ pɨn˦˥ lʊw˨˩]

Noun

tả pín lù

  1. Chinese hot pot
  2. a hodgepodge
    Gì mà bày một đống tả pín lù ra thế này?
    Why did you throw around a bunch of random crap like this?
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