khai tử
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 開 (“declare, state”) and 死 (“die”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˨] ~ [xaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˨] invalid IPA characters (][)
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦] ~ [xaːj˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦] invalid IPA characters (][)
Verb[edit]
- to declare somebody's death
- Giấy khai tử. ― A paper declaring death.
- (of a company) to stop producing or supporting an item, thereby marking its death
- Hãng Apple đã khai tử mẫu điện thoại Iphone 8. ― Apple has put an end to their Iphone 8 models.