khư khư

Vietnamese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xɨ˧˧ xɨ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰɨ˧˧ kʰɨ˧˧] ~ [xɨ˧˧ xɨ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰɨ˧˧ kʰɨ˧˧] ~ [xɨ˧˧ xɨ˧˧]

Adverb

khư khư • (嘘嘘, 祛祛, 袪袪)

  1. (holding on to something) tightly; stubbornly
    khư khư như ông từ giữ oản
    like a miser guards his gold
    (literally, “(clutching something) tightly like the temple caretaker guarding the offerings”)
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