vây hãm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 圍 (SV: vi) + Sino-Vietnamese word from 陥.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vəj˧˧ haːm˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vəj˧˧ haːm˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vəj˧˧ haːm˨˩˦] ~ [jəj˧˧ haːm˨˩˦]

Verb

vây hãm

  1. (transitive) to besiege; to beset; to surround; to encircle
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