chầu chực

Vietnamese

Etymology

chầu (“session/to attend”) +‎ chực (“to wait for”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəw˨˩ t͡ɕɨk̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəw˦˩ t͡ɕɨk̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəw˨˩ cɨk̚˨˩˨]

Verb

chầu chực

1. to wait; to remain; to pause (for a long while)
2. (rare) to serve; to wait on; to attend to; to be at the beck and call of