dày cộp

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zaj˨˩ kop̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jaj˦˩ kop̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ja(ː)j˨˩ kop̚˨˩˨]

Adjective

dày cộp

  1. (colloquial) excessively thick (to the point of being cumbersome)
    Antonyms: mỏng dính, mỏng rớt, mỏng tang, mỏng tanh
    quyển sách dày cộp ― hefty book

References

  • “dày cộp”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.
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