đụng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗʊwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗʊwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗʊwŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 動 (SV: động). Compare động.

Verb

đụng

1. to bump against; to collide (with); to come into collision
2. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to meet (unexpectedly); to encounter
3. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to marry (each other)
4. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) synonym of động (“to touch (with, upon)”)

Derived terms

• đụng chạm
• đụng độ
• xe điện đụng

Etymology 2

Verb

đụng

1. (colloquial) to club together (to eat, buy something)

Etymology 3

Noun

đụng

1. (Central Vietnam) alternative form of đũng (“seat (of trousers)”)