đi ngoài

Vietnamese

Etymology

đi (“to go”) +‎ ngoài (“outside”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗi˧˧ ŋwaːj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɪj˧˧ ŋwaːj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɪj˧˧ ŋwaːj˨˩]

Verb

(euphemistic) to do number two; to relieve oneself; to move one's bowels
đi ngoài ra nước
to go to the bathroom and pass loose stools, i.e. to have diarrhoea
[Note: this may be a pun on đi ra nước ngoài (“to go abroad”)]

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