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đó means that; there.

Meanings of đó in English

Pronoun

  1. that place over there ≈ đấy
    • Đứng đó làm gì?Whatcha doin' over there?
  2. that person/thing over there
    • Đây là phòng khách. Đó là phòng ngủ.This is the living room. That is the bedroom.
  3. that idea/notion I/we've just described/discussed
    • Gặp lại nhau bất kể trở ngại, bất kể thử thách. Đó là duyên số.People keep seeing each other again despite all the obstacles, all the challenges. That's what I call fate.

Particle

  1. Southern Vietnam emphasizes a quality that the listener may not have known; you see?; I'm telling you ≈ á
    • Tao mới coi tối qua. Hơi bị hay đó! Bữa nào mày cũng dành thời gian coi đi!I finally saw it yesterday. Really good, I must say. You should go see it when you have the chance.
    • Em mới đến nên không biết, thằng này khùng lắm đó!You've just moved here so you might not have known, but he's pretty screwed up in the head.

Noun

  1. kind of fish trap

Words with đó

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Idioms and sayings with đó

Example sentences with đó

  • Có việc gì ở đó để làm? What's there to do?
  • Anh ta bỏ đi từ chỗ đó. He left from there.
  • Đó là một dự án thú vị. It's a rather interesting project.
  • Tôi ở đây từ đó đến giờ. I was here all the time.
  • Ở đó bây giờ là mấy giờ? What time is it there?
  • Có lẽ đó là lỗi của tôi. It's probably my fault.
  • Đó có lẽ là lỗi của tôi. It's probably my fault.
  • Tom và Mary đã ở đó rồi. Tom and Mary are already there.

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, đó could be written as 妬, 𱐫, 𥯉, 𪥾. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *tɔʔ (“that, there”). Cognate with Khmer ដ៏ (dɑɑ) and Bahnar to.

Frequently asked questions

What does đó mean in English?

đó (pronoun) means "that; there".

How do you pronounce đó?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɗɔ˧˦]; Saigon [ʔɗɔ˦˥]. Tones: đó — 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.