bãi chợ

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 罷市 (to protest by suspending business, SV: bãi thị).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːj˦ˀ˥ t͡ɕəː˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːj˧˨ t͡ɕəː˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːj˨˩˦ cəː˨˩˨]

    Verb

    bãi chợ

    1. (rare) to market strike; to protest by suspending market trading; to have a vendor strike