dẹp tiệm

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

dẹp +‎ tiệm.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɛp̚˧˨ʔ tiəm˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jɛp̚˨˩ʔ tiəm˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jɛp̚˨˩˨ tim˨˩˨]

Verb edit

dẹp tiệm

to close down (a store or shop)
(by extension, colloquial) to go bankrupt

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