bần tiện

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 貧賤.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓən˨˩ tiən˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓəŋ˦˩ tiəŋ˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓəŋ˨˩ tiəŋ˨˩˨]

    Adjective

    bần tiện

    1. (literary) poor
    2. (colloquial) stingy, miserly
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