cần lao

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 勤勞.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kən˨˩ laːw˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəŋ˦˩ laːw˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəŋ˨˩ laːw˧˧]

    Adjective

    cần lao

    1. (literary) laborious; toilsome; proletarian