chết nhát

Vietnamese

Etymology

chết (“dead/awfully”) +‎ nhát (“slash/cowardly”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕet̚˧˦ ɲaːt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕet̚˦˧˥ ɲaːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cəːt̚˦˥ ɲaːk̚˦˥]

Noun

chết nhát

1. (rare) bacterial wilt (an illness for vegetation, typically caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, formerly Pseudomonas)

Adjective

chết nhát

1. (rare, colloquial) awfully cowardly; terribly spineless; extremely gutless