đồ tể

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 屠宰.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

(classifier kẻ, tên, gã) đồ tể

(literary) butcher
Jack Đồ tể ― Jack the Ripper

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