chết yểu

Vietnamese

Etymology

chết (“to die”) +‎ yểu (“premature”), calque of Chinese 夭折 (to die young).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕet̚˧˦ ʔiəw˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕet̚˦˧˥ ʔiw˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəːt̚˦˥ ʔiw˨˩˦]

Verb

chết yểu • (折夭)

to die young; to perish in youth
(figurative) to end prematurely; to be short-lived; to be aborted early

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