đồ

See also: Đỗ, đỏ, đổ, độ, đó, and Appendix:Variations of "do"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗo˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗow˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗow˨˩]

Etymology 1

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Noun

đồ • (途, 塗, 𣘊)

1. (collective) unspecified stuff or things
2. (Southern Vietnam) Synonym of cái (“the thing that is used for...; the whatsit that is used for...; -er”)

   cái/đồ đánh trứng

   a whisker

   (literally, “the whatsit that's used for whisking eggs”)

3. (by extension) belongings
4. (by extension) clothes

   đồ tây

   suits or skirt suits

Derived terms

• đồ đạc
• đồ uống

Particle

đồ (𨢕)

1. used with adjectives to form insults

   Đồ chó má!

   You piece of shit!

   Đồ ngu!

   You idiot!

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *doː. Cognate with Muong tồ.

Verb

đồ • (途, 塗)

1. to steam (glutinous rice)

   đồ xôi

   to steam glutinous rice

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 圖 (“diagram; chart; map; picture”).

Verb

đồ

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

Compounds

• đồ hoạ
• địa đồ
• bản đồ
• biểu đồ
• mưu đồ