bất chợt

Vietnamese

Etymology

bất (不) +‎ chợt.

The morpheme bất (不) here is used as an emphatic particle, not a negator. See similar usage in bất thình lình, bất quá.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓət̚˧˦ t͡ɕəːt̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ t͡ɕəːk̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˥ cəːk̚˨˩˨]

Adverb

bất chợt

  1. suddenly; unexpectedly; all of a sudden
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