chật vật
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ch- reduplication of vật (“to wrestle”), with semantic influence from chật (“tight, narrow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕət̚˧˨ʔ vət̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕək̚˨˩ʔ vək̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [cək̚˨˩˨ vək̚˨˩˨] ~ [cək̚˨˩˨ jək̚˨˩˨] invalid IPA characters (][)
Adjective[edit]
- strenuous; arduous; toilsome; laborious; strugglesome (especially of life itself)