chẳng lẽ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (Northern Vietnam) chẳng nhẽ

Etymology

chẳng (“there is not”) +‎ lẽ (“reason”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaŋ˧˩ lɛ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaŋ˧˨ lɛ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [caŋ˨˩˦ lɛ˨˩˦]

Adverb

chẳng lẽ

  1. there is no reason; it is inconceivable that
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