đơ

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Hanoi [ʔɗəː˧˧]Huế [ʔɗəː˧˧]Saigon [ʔɗəː˧˧] browser voice

Syllables · tones

đơlevelngang

Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →

đơ means to be still; to be emotionless.

Meanings of đơ in English

Verb

intransitive, of a person to be still, to be emotionless
- Nói mà mặt nó cứ đơ đơ!I was talking to him, and his face was just blank and cold!
intransitive to stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse; to hang ≈ đứng hình treo

Example sentences with đơ

Máy tính của Tom bị cứng đơ. Tom's computer is not responding.
Ở phía máy khách, mỗi thao tác tốn thời gian nên được chạy bất đồng bộ để tránh làm đơ trình duyệt. Ví dụ phù hợp nhất là thao tác Ajax. On the client side, very time-consuming operations should run asynchronously so as to avoid freezing the browser. The best example is the operation of Ajax.

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, đơ could be written as 多. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Frequently asked questions

What does đơ mean in English?

đơ (verb) means "to be still; to be emotionless".

How do you pronounce đơ?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɗəː˧˧]; Saigon [ʔɗəː˧˧]. Tones: đơ — level tone (ngang).

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. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.