bá chiếm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 霸佔 (to forcibly occupy).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˦ t͡ɕiəm˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩˦ t͡ɕiəm˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˦˥ cim˦˥]

Verb

chiếm

  1. to forcibly occupy; to seize; to usurp