mặc dù

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mặc (“to leave be”) +‎ dù (“even if, though”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mak̚˧˨ʔ zu˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mak̚˨˩ʔ jʊw˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mak̚˨˩˨ jʊw˨˩]

Conjunction

mặc dù

  1. (formal and literary) although; though
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