bất chợt

Vietnamese

Etymology

bất (不) +‎ chợt.

The morpheme bất (不) here is used as an emphatic particle, not a negator. See similar usage in bất thình lình, bất quá.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓət̚˧˦ t͡ɕəːt̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ t͡ɕəːk̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˥ cəːk̚˨˩˨]

Adverb

bất chợt

1. suddenly; unexpectedly; all of a sudden