chấp chiếm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 執 (“to seize”) and 佔 (“to possess”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəp̚˧˦ t͡ɕiəm˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəp̚˦˧˥ t͡ɕiəm˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cəp̚˦˥ cim˦˥]

Verb

chấp chiếm

1. (literary, rare) to despoil; to appropriate; to seize in order to possess

Related terms

• chấp chưởng (“to rule”)
• chiếm giữ (“to appropriate”)