đúng

See also: dung, đùng, đứng, and đừng

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Compare đồn for a case of simple stop in Vietnamese corresponding to late Old Chinese Cr- (where C is an unspecified consonant). If this was borrowed from a later stage of Old Chinese though, the tone would be irregular.”

Probably a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 中 (SV: trúng).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗʊwŋ͡m˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗʊwŋ͡m˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗʊwŋ͡m˦˥]

Adjective

đúng

not wrong or improper; right, correct, accurate, precise, proper, etc.
Antonym: sai

Bài 10 câu, đúng có 2 câu.
There were 10 questions, and I only got 2 correct answers.

Đúng rồi.
That’s right.

năm giờ đúng ― five o'clock