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đéo

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đéo means fuck.

Meanings of đéo in English

Verb

  1. colloquial, transitive, vulgar fuck (used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something)
    • Đéo con mẹ mày!Fuck you!
  2. colloquial, dated, vulgar to have penetrative sex (with); to copulate ≈ giao hợpđịtđụchịch

Adverb

  1. colloquial, vulgar Negates the meaning of the modified verb: not, like fuck
    • Tao đéo cần biết!Like fuck I need to know!
    • Tao đéo quan tâm!Like fuck I care!
    • Tao tên Tuyền, đéo phải Tiền.My name is Tuyền, like fuck it’s Tiền (meaning money).
  2. colloquial, vulgar not, like fuck (to no degree) ≈ không
    • Đéo phải tao!Like fuck it's me!

Interjection

  1. colloquial, vulgar no, like fuck ≈ không

Example sentences with đéo

  • Mày nghĩ mày là cái đéo gì? Who do you think you are?
  • Mày làm cái đéo gì thì làm. Do whatever the fuck you want.
  • Hôm nay đéo có gió. There is no wind today.
  • Tôi đéo thèm quan tâm. I don't give a fuck.
  • Tao đéo quan tâm mày nghĩ cái gì đâu. I don’t give a fuck about what you think.
  • Tao đéo quan tâm đến suy nghĩ của mày. I don’t give a fuck about what you think.
  • Cái đéo gì vậy? What the fuck?
  • Cái đéo gì thế? What the fuck?

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, đéo could be written as 吊, 𦛉, 鳥, 㨶. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Cantonese 屌 (diu2), otherwise a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鳥 (SV: điểu).

Frequently asked questions

What does đéo mean in English?

đéo (verb) means "fuck".

How do you pronounce đéo?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɗɛw˧˦]; Saigon [ʔɗɛw˦˥]. Tones: đéo — rising tone (sắc).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.