chí chết

Vietnamese

Etymology

chí (“until”) +‎ chết (“death”), calque of Chinese 至死 (zhìsǐ) (SV: chí tử).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˦ t͡ɕet̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪj˨˩˦ t͡ɕet̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɪj˦˥ cəːt̚˦˥]

Adverb

chí chết • (至𣩂)

  1. to death; exhaustingly; excessively
    Synonym: chí tử
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