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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 吐瀉.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰo˧˩ taː˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰow˧˨ taː˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰow˨˩˦ taː˨˩˦]

Noun

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1. vomiting and having diarrhea

Adjective

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1. (literary and colloquial) garbage, shitty and useless