khánh kiệt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 罄 and 竭.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xajŋ̟˧˦ kiət̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰɛɲ˦˧˥ kiək̚˨˩ʔ] ~ [xɛɲ˦˧˥ kiək̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰan˦˥ kiək̚˨˩˨] ~ [xan˦˥ kiək̚˨˩˨]

Adjective

khánh kiệt

1. (of wealth and resource, literary) exhausted

   khánh kiệt tài nguyên ― out of natural resource