cần lao

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 勤勞.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kən˨˩ laːw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəŋ˦˩ laːw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəŋ˨˩ laːw˧˧]

Adjective

cần lao

  1. (literary) laborious; toilsome; proletarian