ăn phở

Vietnamese

Etymology

ăn (“to eat”) +‎ phở (“pho”).

Sense 2 stems from the belief that rice (cơm) is a primary meal, while noodles (phở) are something else or “on the side”.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔan˧˧ fəː˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ fəː˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ fəː˨˩˦]

Verb

(literally) to eat pho (Vietnamese noodle soup)
(figuratively, colloquial, usually of a man) to have an affair
Antonym: ăn cơm

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