nhiêu khê

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (rare) nghiêu khê

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蹺蹊 (SV: nghiêu khê).

This is currently the more common form.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲiəw˧˧ xe˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲiw˧˧ kʰej˧˧] ~ [ɲiw˧˧ xej˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɲiw˧˧ kʰej˧˧] ~ [ɲiw˧˧ xej˧˧]

Adjective

nhiêu khê

1. (often literary) troublesome