khước từ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 卻 and 辭.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xɨək̚˧˦ tɨ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰɨək̚˦˧˥ tɨ˦˩] ~ [xɨək̚˦˧˥ tɨ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰɨək̚˦˥ tɨ˨˩] ~ [xɨək̚˦˥ tɨ˨˩]

Verb

khước từ

1. (literary) to refuse, to decline