yểu

See also: yêu and yếu

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 夭 (“to die young, to die prematurely”). The hỏi tone of SV yểu results regularly from the voiceless stop initial & rising tone of late Middle Chinese *ʔˠiɛuX. Compare yếu, an earlier borrowing from when Middle Chinese tone 上 / 上声 corresponded to Vietnamese tones B (sắc and nặng).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔiəw˧˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔiw˧˨]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔiw˨˩˦]
    • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

    Adjective

    yểu

    1. premature

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