chết yểu
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
chết (“to die”) + yểu (“premature”), calque of Chinese 夭折 (to die young).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕet̚˧˦ ʔiəw˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕet̚˦˧˥ ʔiw˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cəːt̚˦˥ ʔiw˨˩˦]
Verb edit
- to die young; to perish in youth
- (figurative) to end prematurely; to be short-lived; to be aborted early