đồ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "do"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗo˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗow˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗow˨˩]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

đồ • (圖, 龱, 徒, 途, 塗, 𣘊)

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

   Synonym: cái

   cái/đồ đánh trứng ― a whisk (literally, “the whatsit that's used for whisking eggs”)

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

   đồ tây ― suits or skirt suits

See also

Derived terms

• cầm đồ
• đồ ăn
• đồ bơi
• đồ chơi
• đồ dùng
• đồ đạc (từ láy)
• đồ gốm
• đồ hàng
• đồ uống
• đồ vật

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 徒.

Particle

đồ

1. used with nouns or adjectives to form insults

   Đồ chó má!

   You bitch! / You cur!

   Đồ vũ phu!

   You brutish husband / father!

   Đồ độc ác!

   You cruel evil one!

   Đồ ngu!

   You idiot!

Etymology 3

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

Verb

đồ • (途, 塗)

1. to steam (glutinous rice)

   đồ xôi ― to steam glutinous rice

Etymology 4

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)

See also

Derived terms

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