làm dấu

See also: làm dâu, làm đau, and làm đầu

Vietnamese

Etymology

làm (“to make; to do”) +‎ dấu (“sign”), specifically dấu Thánh Giá in the sense of making a sign of the cross.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːm˨˩ zəw˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [laːm˦˩ jəw˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laːm˨˩ jəw˦˥]

Verb

to mark off to avoid losing one's way
(intransitive, Christianity) to make a sign of the cross
làm dấu trước khi ăn
to make a sign of the cross before eating

Related terms

in dấu

References

"làm dấu" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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