kiếm chác

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kiəm˧˦ t͡ɕaːk̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kiəm˦˧˥ t͡ɕaːk̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kim˦˥ caːk̚˦˥]

Verb

kiếm chác • (斂啄)

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

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