vây hãm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 圍 (SV: vi) + Sino-Vietnamese word from 陥.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vəj˧˧ haːm˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vəj˧˧ haːm˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vəj˧˧ haːm˨˩˦] ~ [jəj˧˧ haːm˨˩˦]

Verb

vây hãm

1. (transitive) to besiege; to beset; to surround; to encircle