trái phép
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
From trái (“left; not conforming to”) + phép (“permission”). Alternatively, the word phép here could be interpreted as "law", making this a calque of Chinese 非法 (phi pháp, literally “unlawful”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːj˧˦ fɛp̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaːj˨˩˦ fɛp̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈaːj˦˥ fɛp̚˦˥]
Adjective edit
- illegal as in unauthorized, without permission or without a permit