khổ sai

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 苦 and 差.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xo˧˩ saːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰow˧˨ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [xow˧˨ saːj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰow˨˩˦ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [xow˨˩˦ saːj˧˧]

Adjective

khổ sai

1. of hard labor

   án khổ sai ― a sentence of penal servitude