khủng khiếp

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 恐 and 怯.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xʊwŋ͡m˧˩ xiəp̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰʊwŋ͡m˧˨ kʰiəp̚˦˧˥] ~ [xʊwŋ͡m˧˨ xiəp̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦ kʰip̚˦˥] ~ [xʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦ xip̚˦˥]

Verb edit

khủng khiếp

to be terrible; to be dreadful

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