khấp khởi

Vietnamese

Etymology

-âp reduplication of khởi.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xəp̚˧˦ xəːj˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰəp̚˦˧˥ kʰəːj˧˨] ~ [xəp̚˦˧˥ xəːj˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰəp̚˦˥ kʰəːj˨˩˦] ~ [xəp̚˦˥ xəːj˨˩˦]

Adjective

khấp khởi

  1. happy without showing it, internally elated
    • 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 2, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:
      Đêm thứ năm, đang khấp khởi mừng vì len lách sắp tới nơi thì bị lộ.
      The fifth night, while silently happy because they had almost sneaked to where they needed to go, they were discovered.
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