bất khả

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 不可, composed of (not) and (can; able to).

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓət̚˧˦ xaː˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ kʰaː˧˨] ~ [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ xaː˧˨] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˥ kʰaː˨˩˦] ~ [ʔɓək̚˦˥ xaː˨˩˦] invalid IPA characters (][)

Verb

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bất khả

  1. (literary) cannot; to be impossible to

Adjective

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bất khả

  1. (literary) impossible; unattainable