khai man
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 開 (“to begin”) and 瞞 (“to lie”). Also compare 謾/谩 (“to deceive”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaːj˧˧ maːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ maːŋ˧˧] ~ [xaːj˧˧ maːŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ maːŋ˧˧] ~ [xaːj˧˧ maːŋ˧˧]
Verb
edit- to lie; to speak deceptively; to perjure