đề huề

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 提攜, probably also with some contamination from huề (和).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗe˨˩ hwe˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˦˩ hwej˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˨˩ wej˨˩]

Adjective

đề huề

  1. abundant and/or harmonious
    Ai mà con cháu đuề huề được như bác thì phải phúc lắm đấy!
    Anybody, whose children can all get along like yours, is nothing but blessed!
  2. nice and/or respectable
    Synonym: đàng hoàng
    Người xưa mà nhà cửa đuề huề như này cũng hiếm.
    It is uncommon for the old generation to own a nice house like this.
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