đen tối

Vietnamese

Etymology

đen (“black”) +‎ tối (“dark”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɗɛn˧˧ toj˧ˀ˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɗɛŋ˧˧ toj˩ˀ˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɗɛŋ˧˧ toj˦ˀ˥]

Adjective

(literally) pitch-dark
(idiomatic, of a mind or thought) perverted; in the gutter

cái đầu đen tối ― head full of dirty thoughts

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