tàn tệ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 殘弊.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːn˨˩ te˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˦˩ tej˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˨˩ tej˨˩˨]

Adverb

badly; cruelly
đối xử tàn tệ ― to treat cruelly/to mistreat

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Sino-Vietnamese words with uncreated Han etymology