Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 中國中国 (Zhōngguó), with phono-semantic matching with tung (to throw, to toss) and của (property, belongings), i.e. "money juggler". Doublet of Trung Quốc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Tung Của

  1. (highly derogatory) China