thủ tiêu

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 取消, orthographic borrowing from Japanese 取り消す (torikesu).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰu˧˩ tiəw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰʊw˧˨ tiw˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰʊw˨˩˦ tiw˧˧]

Verb

thủ tiêu

to destroy; to annul; to cancel
to exterminate; to slay
(rare) to give up (e.g. struggle)

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