chấp chiếm

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from (to seize) and (to possess).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəp̚˧˦ t͡ɕiəm˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəp̚˦˧˥ t͡ɕiəm˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəp̚˦˥ cim˦˥]

    Verb

    chấp chiếm

    1. (literary, rare) to despoil; to appropriate; to seize in order to possess