bần tiện

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 貧賤.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓən˨˩ tiən˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓəŋ˦˩ tiəŋ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓəŋ˨˩ tiəŋ˨˩˨]

Adjective

bần tiện

  1. (literary) poor
  2. (colloquial) stingy, miserly
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