khoái trá

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 膾炙 (“thinly sliced grilled meat”, SV: quái chá), likely from Chinese 膾炙人口／脍炙人口 (kuàizhìrénkǒu).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xwaːj˧˦ t͡ɕaː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰwaːj˨˩˦ ʈaː˨˩˦] ~ [xwaːj˨˩˦ ʈaː˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰwaːj˦˥ ʈaː˦˥] ~ [xwaːj˦˥ ʈaː˦˥]

Noun

khoái trá

1. satisfaction, delight