làm dấu

làm (“to make; to do”) +‎ dấu (“sign”), specifically dấu Thánh Giá in the sense of making a sign of the cross.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːm˨˩ zəw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laːm˦˩ jəw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [laːm˨˩ jəw˦˥]

làm dấu

1. to mark off to avoid losing one's way
2. (intransitive, Christianity) to make a sign of the cross

   làm dấu trước khi ăn ― to make a sign of the cross before eating

3. (linguistics, sign language) to sign; to speak

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