chấp chiếm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from (to seize) and (to possess).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəp̚˧˦ t͡ɕiəm˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəp̚˦˧˥ t͡ɕiəm˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəp̚˦˥ cim˦˥]

Verb

chấp chiếm

  1. (literary, rare) to despoil; to appropriate; to seize in order to possess