đà

See also: đá, đã, đả, and Appendix:Variations of "da"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˨˩]

Noun

đà

momentum (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events)
lấy đà
to bend your knees and move your torso backward or downward so you can spring forward or leap upward

cứ đà này
at this rate

Cứ đà này rồi khách chẳng đến, có mà bốc cứt mà ăn !
At this rate, customers will stop coming, all you'll have to feed yourself is shit!

Noun

đà

beam, girder

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