đàm tiếu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 談笑 (“to talk and laugh”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːm˨˩ tiəw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːm˦˩ tiw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːm˨˩ tiw˦˥]

Verb

đàm tiếu

1. to sneer (at); to jeer (at); to mock (at)