tân khổ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 辛苦. Compare cay đắng.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tən˧˧ xo˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [təŋ˧˧ kʰow˧˨] ~ [təŋ˧˧ xow˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [təŋ˧˧ kʰow˨˩˦] ~ [təŋ˧˧ xow˨˩˦]

Adjective

(literary, dated) distressing; laborious; difficult

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.