kiếm chác

Vietnamese

Etymology

kiếm (“to seek”) +‎ chác (“(obsolete) to buy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kiəm˧˦ t͡ɕaːk̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kiəm˦˧˥ t͡ɕaːk̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kim˦˥ caːk̚˦˥]

Verb

kiếm chác • (斂啄)

  1. to profit fraudulently; to gain dishonestly; to racketeer; to graft
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