đào mỏ
Vietnamese
Etymology
đào (“to dig”) + mỏ (“mine”)
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˨˩ mɔ˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˦˩ mɔ˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˨˩ mɔ˨˩˦]
Verb
đào mỏ
- (literally) to mine (to dig into, for ore or metal)
- (figurative, slang) to be a gold digger