máy móc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Originally máy (“to touch; to move”) +‎ móc (“to draw out; to pull out”), probably with the intended meaning being "to fiddle with, to mess around with"; now used chiefly as collective noun of máy (“machine”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maj˧˦ mawk͡p̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maj˨˩˦ mawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ma(ː)j˦˥ mawk͡p̚˦˥]

Noun

máy móc

1. (collective) machines; machinery

Adjective

máy móc

1. (disapproving, of people or the way they do things) that follows rules or guidelines uncritically; mechanical, artificial, stiff, inflexible, etc.