đèn xanh đèn đỏ

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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đèn xanh (green light) +‎ đèn đỏ (red light), referring to the two most basic colors of a traffic light.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛn˨˩ sajŋ̟˧˧ ʔɗɛn˨˩ ʔɗɔ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˦˩ sɛɲ˧˧ ʔɗɛŋ˦˩ ʔɗɔ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˨˩ san˧˧ ʔɗɛŋ˨˩ ʔɗɔ˨˩˦]

Noun

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đèn xanh đèn đỏ

  1. (informal) traffic light

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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