hiếu sự

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 好事.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hiəw˧˦ sɨ˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hiw˨˩˦ ʂɨ˨˩ʔ] ~ [hiw˨˩˦ sɨ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [hiw˦˥ ʂɨ˨˩˨] ~ [hiw˦˥ sɨ˨˩˨]

Adjective

hiếu sự

  1. nosy, meddlesome, officious
    kẻ hiếu sự ― busybody

References

  • “hiếu sự”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.
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