bể khổ
Vietnamese
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 苦海 (khổ hải).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓe˧˩ xo˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˧˨ kʰow˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˨˩˦ kʰow˨˩˦] ~ [ʔɓej˨˩˦ xow˨˩˦]
Noun
bể khổ
- (originally Buddhism) sea of suffering; ocean of misery