tra tấn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 查 (“to investigate”) and 訊 (“to interrogate”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˧ tən˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaː˧˧ təŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈaː˧˧ təŋ˦˥]

Verb

tra tấn

1. to torture; to put to torture