đen tối
Vietnamese
Etymology
đen (“black”) + tối (“dark”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛn˧˧ toj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˧˧ toj˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˧˧ toj˦˥]
Adjective
đen tối
- (literally) pitch-dark
- dark (generally speaking)
- (idiomatic, of a mind or thought) perverted; in the gutter
- cái đầu đen tối ― head full of dirty thoughts