khẩu chiến
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 口 and 戰.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xəw˧˩ t͡ɕiən˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰəw˧˨ t͡ɕiəŋ˦˧˥] ~ [xəw˧˨ t͡ɕiəŋ˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰəw˨˩˦ ciəŋ˦˥] ~ [xəw˨˩˦ ciəŋ˦˥]
Verb
- to quarrel heatedly
- 1936, Vũ Trọng Phụng, chapter 2, in Số đỏ, Hà Nội báo:
- Thầy minđơ mở cửa phòng giam giữa lúc Xuân Tóc Đỏ khẩu chiến với ông thầy số.
- Mr Mille Deux opened the door to the prison right when Red-Haired Xuân was quarreling heatedly with the fortune teller.
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