chết đói

Vietnamese

Etymology

chết (“to die”) +‎ đói (“hungry”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

chết đói

  1. to starve (to death)
    100.000 trẻ em Ethiopia có nguy cơ chết đói.
    100,000 Ethiopian children are at risk to starve to death.

Adjective

chết đói

  1. starving; extremely hungry
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