xổ số
Vietnamese
Etymology
xổ (“to dump”, as in dumping a number ball from the lottery machine) + số (“number”)
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [so˧˩ so˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [sow˧˨ ʂow˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [sow˨˩˦ ʂow˦˥] ~ [sow˨˩˦ sow˦˥]
Noun
xổ số
- (gambling) lottery (scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance)