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Vietnamese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 跪 and 累.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwi˧˨ʔ lwi˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kwɪj˨˩ʔ lwɪj˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [wɪj˨˩˨ l⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˨]
Verb[edit]
- to cringe, to grovel
- 2005, chapter 2, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
- […] Khưu mỗ thà mất mạng chứ há lại cam tâm quị lụy bọn gian tà?
- […] I, Qiū, would rather die; why would I consent to grovelling before evildoers?