trái phép

Vietnamese

Etymology

From trái (“left; not conforming to”) +‎ phép (“permission”). Alternatively, the word phép here could be interpreted as "law", making this a calque of Chinese 非法 (phi pháp, literally “unlawful”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːj˧˦ fɛp̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaːj˨˩˦ fɛp̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈaːj˦˥ fɛp̚˦˥]

Adjective

trái phép

  1. illegal as in unauthorized, without permission or without a permit
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