chậm tiến

Vietnamese

Etymology

chậm (slow) +‎ tiến (to advance).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəm˧˨ʔ tiən˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəm˨˩ʔ tiəŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəm˨˩˨ tiəŋ˦˥]

Adjective

chậm tiến

  1. underdeveloped; primitive (especially of a group)
  2. unsophisticated; unrefined; uneducated (especially of a person)