khổ thân

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 苦 (“suffering”) and 身 (“body; self”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xo˧˩ tʰən˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰow˧˨ tʰəŋ˧˧] ~ [xow˧˨ tʰəŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰow˨˩˦ tʰəŋ˧˧] ~ [xow˨˩˦ tʰəŋ˧˧]

Adjective

khổ thân

(colloquial) tormenting; self-tormenting; painful; poor; pitiable

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Sino-Vietnamese words with uncreated Han etymology