đồng hồ
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 銅壺, composed of 銅 (“copper”) and 壺 (“vessel”) i.e. a coppern water clock.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ ho˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ how˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ how˨˩]
Noun
- a clock or watch
- đồng hồ báo thức ― an alarm clock
- đồng hồ mặt trời ― a sundial
- a meter (device for measuring water, electricity, etc. consumption or kilometers that have been traveled)
- đồng hồ nước ― a water meter
- đồng hồ cát ― an hourglass
Derived terms
- đồng hồ quả quýt (“pocket watch”)
- đồng hồ sinh học (“biological clock”)
- đồng hồ tính cước (“taximeter”)
- đồng hồ vạn năng (“multimeter”)
- thợ đồng hồ (“watchmaker”)