tám kiếp

Vietnamese

Etymology

tám (“eight, many”) +‎ kiếp (“lifetime”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taːm˧˦ kiəp̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [taːm˦˧˥ kiəp̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [taːm˦˥ kip̚˦˥]

Noun

tám kiếp

  1. (colloquial) unspecified long amount of time
    Mày kiếm ông Sáu hả? Ổng chết từ tám kiếp rồi con ơi.
    You're looking for Sáu? He's been dead since the days of yore, my boy.
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