đi ngoài

Vietnamese

Etymology

đi (“to go”) +‎ ngoài (“outside”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗi˧˧ ŋwaːj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɪj˧˧ ŋwaːj˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɪj˧˧ ŋwaːj˨˩]

Verb

đi ngoài

1. (euphemistic) to do number two; to relieve oneself; to move one's bowels

   Synonym: đi tiêu

   đi ngoài ra nước

   to go to the bathroom and pass loose stools, i.e. to have diarrhoea
   [Note: this may be a pun on đi ra nước ngoài (“to go abroad”)]