chí chết
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]chí (“until”) + chết (“death”), calque of Chinese 至死 (zhìsǐ) (SV: chí tử).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˦ t͡ɕet̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪj˨˩˦ t͡ɕet̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɪj˦˥ cəːt̚˦˥]
Adverb
[edit]- to death; exhaustingly; excessively
- Synonym: chí tử