chậm tiến

Vietnamese

Etymology

chậm (“slow”) +‎ tiến (“to advance”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəm˧˨ʔ tiən˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəm˨˩ʔ tiəŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cəm˨˩˨ tiəŋ˦˥]

Adjective

chậm tiến

1. underdeveloped; primitive (especially of a group)
2. unsophisticated; unrefined; uneducated (especially of a person)