chứng kiến

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 證見, composed of 證 (“to prove”) and 見 (“to see”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨŋ˧˦ kiən˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨŋ˦˧˥ kiəŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɨŋ˦˥ kiəŋ˦˥]

Verb

chứng kiến

  1. to witness; to see
    chứng kiến sự đổi thay của đất nước ― to see the change of one's country
  2. (honorific) to grace with one's attendance
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