sạch sẽ

Vietnamese

Etymology

-e reduplication of sạch. Cognate with Chut [Mày] pʰɽɛk⁴ pʰɽɛ⁴ (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sajk̟̚˧˨ʔ sɛ˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂat̚˨˩ʔ ʂɛ˧˨] ~ [sat̚˨˩ʔ sɛ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂat̚˨˩˨ ʂɛ˨˩˦] ~ [sat̚˨˩˨ sɛ˨˩˦]

Adjective

sạch sẽ

1. clean, tidy