chầu chực

Vietnamese

Etymology

chầu (“session/to attend”) +‎ chực (“to wait for”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəw˨˩ t͡ɕɨk̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəw˦˩ t͡ɕɨk̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəw˨˩ cɨk̚˨˩˨]

Verb

chầu chực

  1. to wait; to remain; to pause (for a long while)
  2. (rare) to serve; to wait on; to attend to; to be at the beck and call of
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