bệnh trầm kha

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 病 (“disease”) and 沉痾 (“chronic illness”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ t͡ɕəm˨˩ xaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓen˨˩ʔ ʈəm˦˩ kʰaː˧˧] ~ [ʔɓen˨˩ʔ ʈəm˦˩ xaː˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓəːn˨˩˨ ʈəm˨˩ kʰaː˧˧] ~ [ʔɓəːn˨˩˨ ʈəm˨˩ xaː˧˧]

Noun

(classifier căn) bệnh trầm kha

  1. bad and chronic behavior, habit
    Tệ quan liêu là một căn bệnh trầm kha.
    Bureaucracy is a bad and chronic behavior.
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