đầy tớ

Vietnamese

Etymology

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đầy +‎ tớ.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəj˨˩ təː˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəj˦˩ təː˨˩˦]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəj˨˩ təː˦˥]

Noun

đầy tớ

servant; lackey