ăn đụng
Definition
- Verb (colloquial, Southern Vietnamese dialect):
- To go shares / to chip in together: The primary meaning of "ăn đụng" refers to the practice of a group of people collectively purchasing a butchered animal (or a large portion of meat) by each contributing a share of the cost, and then dividing the meat among themselves.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Mấy người hàng xóm rủ nhau ăn đụng một con heo. (The neighbors invited each other to chip in and buy a whole pig.)
- Ăn đụng cho rẻ, mỗi người một ít. (Let's go shares to make it cheaper, each person takes a little.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is specific to a communal economic activity, typically involving expensive protein sources like a whole pig, cow, or goat. It implies a cooperative arrangement to make the purchase affordable for all participants.
Variants and Related Words
- Mua chung (v): to buy collectively, to pool money for a purchase.
- Họ mua chung một thùng trái cây. (They pooled money to buy a crate of fruit.)
Synonyms
- To pool resources: to combine money or assets for a common purchase.
- To go halves/ shares: to share the cost of something.
Related Idioms
- Ăn chung, ở chung: to share food and living space; implies a very close, communal relationship.
- Hồi đó sinh viên nghèo, bọn tôi ăn chung ở chung. (Back then, we were poor students; we shared food and lived together.)