bần tiện

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 貧賤.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓən˨˩ tiən˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəŋ˦˩ tiəŋ˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəŋ˨˩ tiəŋ˨˩˨]

Adjective edit

bần tiện

(literary) poor
(colloquial) stingy, miserly

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