làm khó
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]làm (“to make”) + khó (“difficult”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laːm˨˩ xɔ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [laːm˦˩ kʰɔ˨˩˦] ~ [laːm˦˩ xɔ˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [laːm˨˩ kʰɔ˦˥] ~ [laːm˨˩ xɔ˦˥]
Verb
[edit]- (literal) to make something more difficult
- to antagonize
- Ông không chịu để em yên thân, suốt ngày làm khó em.
- He doesn't wanna leave me alone, he's always trying to make my life hell.
- Xin đừng làm khó nhau.
- Please stop make it more difficult for each of us.