đen đủi

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

-ui reduplication of đen.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛn˧˧ ʔɗuj˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˧˧ ʔɗuj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˧˧ ʔɗuj˨˩˦]

Adjective[edit]

đen đủi

(colloquial) dark and ugly
unlucky; unfortunate; inauspicious

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