trí cùng lực kiệt
Vietnamese
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editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 智窮力竭 (“exhausted; at the end of one's rope”). Compare 窮竭/穷竭 (qióngjié, “to exhaust”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˦ kʊwŋ͡m˨˩ lɨk̚˧˨ʔ kiət̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɪj˨˩˦ kʊwŋ͡m˦˩ lɨk̚˨˩ʔ kiək̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈɪj˦˥ kʊwŋ͡m˨˩ lɨk̚˨˩˨ kiək̚˨˩˨]
Adjective
edit- (literary) stumped and exhausted; at a loss as to what to do; at one's wits' end; at the end of one's rope