dẹp tiệm

Vietnamese

Etymology

dẹp +‎ tiệm.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zɛp̚˧˨ʔ tiəm˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jɛp̚˨˩ʔ tiəm˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jɛp̚˨˩˨ tim˨˩˨]

Verb

dẹp tiệm

  1. to close down (a store or shop)
  2. (by extension, colloquial) to go bankrupt