bất khả

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 不可, composed of 不 (“not”) and 可 (“can; able to”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓət̚˧˦ xaː˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ kʰaː˧˨] ~ [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ xaː˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˥ kʰaː˨˩˦] ~ [ʔɓək̚˦˥ xaː˨˩˦]

Verb

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1. (literary) cannot; to be impossible to

Adjective

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1. (literary) impossible; unattainable