khôn lường

Vietnamese

Etymology

khôn (“impossible”) +‎ lường (“to measure; to estimate; to foresee”)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xon˧˧ lɨəŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰoŋ˧˧ lɨəŋ˦˩] ~ [xoŋ˧˧ lɨəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰoŋ˧˧ lɨəŋ˨˩] ~ [xoŋ˧˧ lɨəŋ˨˩]

Adjective

khôn lường

  1. unpredictable; unforeseeable
    hậu quả khôn lường
    unforeseeable ramifications

Adverb

khôn lường

  1. unpredictably; unforeseeably
    biến hoá khôn lường
    to change unpredictably
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