khai tử

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 開 (“declare, state”) and 死 (“die”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˨] ~ [xaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦] ~ [xaːj˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]

Verb

khai tử

  1. to declare somebody's death
    Giấy khai tử. ― A paper declaring death.
  2. (of a company) to stop producing or supporting an item, thereby marking its death
    Hãng Apple đã khai tử mẫu điện thoại Iphone 8. ― Apple has put an end to their Iphone 8 models.
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