chết nhát

Vietnamese

Etymology

chết (“dead/awfully”) +‎ nhát (“slash/cowardly”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕet̚˧˦ ɲaːt̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕet̚˦˧˥ ɲaːk̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəːt̚˦˥ ɲaːk̚˦˥]

Noun

chết nhát

  1. (rare) bacterial wilt (an illness for vegetation, typically caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, formerly Pseudomonas)

Adjective

chết nhát

  1. (rare, colloquial) awfully cowardly; terribly spineless; extremely gutless
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