tra tấn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 查 (“to investigate”) and 訊 (“to interrogate”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˧ tən˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaː˧˧ təŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈaː˧˧ təŋ˦˥]

Verb

tra tấn

  1. to torture; to put to torture
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