chết yểu

Vietnamese

Etymology

chết (“to die”) +‎ yểu (“premature”), calque of Chinese 夭折 (to die young).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

chết yểu • (折夭)

  1. to die young; to perish in youth
  2. (figurative) to end prematurely; to be short-lived; to be aborted early
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