kháng cự

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 抗拒, composed of 抗 (“to resist, to oppose”) and 拒 (“to resist, to repel”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaːŋ˧˦ kɨ˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaːŋ˦˧˥ kɨ˨˩ʔ] ~ [xaːŋ˦˧˥ kɨ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰaːŋ˦˥ kɨ˨˩˨] ~ [xaːŋ˦˥ kɨ˨˩˨]

Verb

kháng cự

  1. to resist; to defy; to oppose
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