khổ sai

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 苦 and 差.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xo˧˩ saːj˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰow˧˨ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [kʰow˧˨ saːj˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰow˨˩˦ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [kʰow˨˩˦ saːj˧˧]

    Adjective

    khổ sai

    1. of hard labor
      án khổ sai ― a sentence of penal servitude
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