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đồ

Level ≈A1 (approx.) nounparticleverb Sino-Vietnamese Top 1,000 most common
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đồfallinghuyền

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đồ means clothes; unspecified stuff or things.

Chinese characters: 徒

Meanings of đồ in English

Noun

  1. clothes
    • đồ tâyWestern clothings
  2. collective unspecified stuff or things
  3. Southern Vietnam the thing that is used for...; the whatsit that is used for...; -er ≈ cái
    • cái/đồ đánh trứnga whisk
  4. belongings

Noun

  1. do, C (note)

Particle

  1. Southern Vietnam, informal or whatever, or something
    • Lớn già đầu rồi! Ra ngoài tập thể dục đồ đi!You're a grown-up now! Go outside and do exercise or something!

Particle

  1. derogatory A contemptible person. Used with nouns or adjectives to form insults.
    • Đồ chó đẻ!You bitch! / You bastard!
    • Đồ vũ phu!You brute!
    • Đồ độc ác!You cruel evil one!

Verb

  1. to steam (glutinous rice)
    • đồ xôito steam glutinous rice

Verb

  1. to trace (a drawing or painting)
  2. to duplicate (a drawing or painting)

Words with đồ

cầm đồđồ ănđồ bơiđồ chơiđồ dùngđồ đạcđồ gốmđồ hàngđồ sứđồ uốngđồ vậtbản đồbiểu đồđồ hoạđồ thịmưu đồđồ biểnđồ hộpđồ lótđồ lềđồ mãđồ ngủđồ sộđồ tểđồ án

Example sentences with đồ

  • Con tôi có thể tự mặc đồ. My baby can dress herself.
  • Cô ấy đang rất bận đan đồ. She was very busy knitting.
  • Fadil chạy đi lấy đồ hộ mẹ. Fadil was running an errand for his mother.
  • Bạn ăn đồ Nhật lần nào chưa? Have you ever eaten Japanese food?
  • Đây là những món đồ vô dụng. These are useless objects.
  • Đừng hòng lừa đảo, đồ cáo già! Don't you ever cheat on me, you foxy!
  • Đúng là đồ đạo đức giả! What a hypocrite!
  • Hãy cảnh giác với đồ giả. Beware of imitations.

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, đồ could be written as 圖, 龱, 徒, 途. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 徒.

Frequently asked questions

What does đồ mean in English?

đồ (noun) means "clothes; unspecified stuff or things".

How do you pronounce đồ?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɗo˨˩]; Saigon [ʔɗow˨˩]. Tones: đồ — falling tone (huyền).

Is đồ a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. đồ is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 徒.

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.