tha hồ

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰaː˧˧ ho˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰaː˧˧ how˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰaː˧˧ how˨˩]

Verb

tha hồ

1. at will; to one's satisfaction; to get one's fill; to (do something) to one's heart's content
   • 2009, “tha hồ”, in SEAlang Library Vietnamese Dictionary‎^[1], SEAlang Library, archived from the original on 2022-05-01:

     Xích lô thì thưa chị chị chỉ mất có 5 đồng thôi, một ngày, tha hồ chị muốn đi đâu thì đi.

     For a pedicab you only have to pay 5 dong a day and you can go wherever you want to your heart's content.