tân khổ

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 辛苦. Compare cay đắng.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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tân khổ

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