vây hãm

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 圍 (SV: vi) +

      Sino-Vietnamese word from 陥.

      Pronunciation

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

      Verb

      vây hãm

      1. (transitive) to besiege; to beset; to surround; to encircle
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