kháng cự

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 抗拒, composed of 抗 (“to resist, to oppose”) and 拒 (“to resist, to repel”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xaːŋ˧˦ kɨ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰaːŋ˦˧˥ kɨ˨˩ʔ] ~ [xaːŋ˦˧˥ kɨ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰaːŋ˦˥ kɨ˨˩˨] ~ [xaːŋ˦˥ kɨ˨˩˨]

Verb

kháng cự

1. to resist; to defy; to oppose