chết toi
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]chết (“to die”) + toi (“to die from an epidemic”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕet̚˧˦ tɔj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕet̚˦˧˥ tɔj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəːt̚˦˥ tɔj˧˧]
Verb
[edit]- (colloquial) to die (generally speaking)
- (archaic, rare) to die from an epidemic; to perish from a contagious disease