tân khổ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 辛苦. Compare cay đắng.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tən˧˧ xo˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [təŋ˧˧ kʰow˧˨] ~ [təŋ˧˧ xow˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [təŋ˧˧ kʰow˨˩˦] ~ [təŋ˧˧ xow˨˩˦]

Adjective

tân khổ

  1. (literary, dated) distressing; laborious; difficult
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