vất vả

Vietnamese

Etymology

-a reduplication (C tone) of vất.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vət̚˧˦ vaː˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vək̚˦˧˥ vaː˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vək̚˦˥ vaː˨˩˦] ~ [jək̚˦˥ jaː˨˩˦]

Adjective

vất vả

1. hard, laborious, difficult