kiếm chác
Vietnamese
Etymology
kiếm (“to seek”) + chác (“(obsolete) to buy”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kiəm˧˦ t͡ɕaːk̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kiəm˦˧˥ t͡ɕaːk̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kim˦˥ caːk̚˦˥]
Verb
kiếm chác • (斂啄)
- to profit fraudulently; to gain dishonestly; to racketeer; to graft