tiêu tùng

Vietnamese

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not from reduplication, since each syllable is on a different register, so what is tùng?”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiəw˧˧ tʊwŋ͡m˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tiw˧˧ tʊwŋ͡m˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [tiw˧˧ tʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

Verb

tiêu tùng

(colloquial) to be thoroughly destroyed or wrecked
Synonym: đi tong

Chết cha, kế hoạch tiêu tùng rồi.
Wallahi, our plan is finished.