chí chết
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
chí (“until”) + chết (“death”), calque of Chinese 至死 (zhìsǐ) (SV: chí tử).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˦ t͡ɕet̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪj˨˩˦ t͡ɕet̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cɪj˦˥ cəːt̚˦˥]
Adverb[edit]
- to death; exhaustingly; excessively
- Synonym: chí tử