chẳng lẽ

Vietnamese

Etymology

chẳng (“there is not”) +‎ lẽ (“reason”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaŋ˧˩ lɛ˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaŋ˧˨ lɛ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [caŋ˨˩˦ lɛ˨˩˦]

Adverb

chẳng lẽ

1. there is no reason; it is inconceivable that