hấp hối

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 吸 (“to breathe in, to inhale”) and 悔 (“to repent, to regret”), probably alluding to the image of a person gasping for air while muttering their last words. Attested in the Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [həp̚˧˦ hoj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [həp̚˦˧˥ hoj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [həp̚˦˥ hoj˦˥]

Verb

hấp hối

  1. to be on one's deathbed; to be dying
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