đèn đỏ

Vietnamese

Etymology

đèn +‎ đỏ. For the figurative sense, compare Chinese 闖紅燈, Thai ฝ่าไฟแดง (fàa-fai-dɛɛng).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛn˨˩ ʔɗɔ˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˦˩ ʔɗɔ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˨˩ ʔɗɔ˨˩˦]

Noun

đèn đỏ

red light
(figuratively, slang) menstrual period

Derived terms

khu đèn đỏ

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