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˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kuə˨˩˦]

Noun

Tung Của

  1. (highly derogatory) China
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