bất quá

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 不過, composed of 不 (“not”) and 過 (“to pass”).

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

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓət̚˧˦ kwaː˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ kwaː˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˥ waː˦˥]

Adverb

bất quá

  1. (colloquial and literary) if it has come to this; at this point
    Synonym: cùng lắm
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