vất vả

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

-a reduplicative of vất.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vət̚˧˦ vaː˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vək̚˦˧˥ vaː˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vək̚˦˥ vaː˨˩˦] ~ [jək̚˦˥ jaː˨˩˦]

Adjective[edit]

vất vả

hard, laborious, difficult

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