kiếm chác

Vietnamese

Etymology

kiếm (“to seek”) +‎ chác (“(obsolete) to buy”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kiəm˧˦ t͡ɕaːk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kiəm˦˧˥ t͡ɕaːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kim˦˥ caːk̚˦˥]

Verb

kiếm chác • (斂啄)

1. to profit fraudulently; to gain dishonestly; to racketeer; to graft