chầu chực

Vietnamese

Etymology

chầu (“session/to attend”) +‎ chực (“to wait for”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəw˨˩ t͡ɕɨk̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəw˦˩ t͡ɕɨk̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəw˨˩ cɨk̚˨˩˨]

Verb

chầu chực

to wait; to remain; to pause (for a long while)
(rare) to serve; to wait on; to attend to; to be at the beck and call of

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