đào ngũ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 逃 (“to flee”) and 伍 (“squad of five”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːw˨˩ ŋu˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːw˦˩ ŋʊw˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːw˨˩ ŋʊw˨˩˦]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)

Verb

(military) to desert

See also

đào tẩu
đào thoát
nhập ngũ
xuất ngũ
hàng ngũ
quân ngũ

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