khai tử
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 開 (“declare, state”) and 死 (“die”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˨] ~ [xaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦] ~ [xaːj˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]
Verb edit
- to declare somebody's death
- Giấy khai tử. ― A paper declaring death.
- (of a company) to stop producing or supporting an item, thereby marking its death
- Hãng Apple đã khai tử mẫu điện thoại Iphone 8. ― Apple has put an end to their Iphone 8 models.