bủa vây

Vietnamese

Etymology

bủa +‎ vây.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓuə˧˩ vəj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓuə˧˨ vəj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓuə˨˩˦ vəj˧˧] ~ [ʔɓuə˨˩˦ jəj˧˧]

Verb

bủa vây

  1. (military, war) to besiege
  2. (by extension, figurative) to be surrounded by
    lo lắng tiền bạc bủa vây ― be surrounded by financial worries
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.