Tung Của

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Mandarin 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó), with phono-semantic matching with tung (“to throw, to toss”) and của (“property, belongings”), i.e. "money juggler". Doublet of Trung Quốc.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kuə˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kuə˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kuə˨˩˦]

Noun

(highly derogatory) China

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