tuyệt thực

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 絕食, composed of 絕 (“to cut off”) and 食 (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [twiət̚˧˨ʔ tʰɨk̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [twiək̚˨˩ʔ tʰɨk̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾iək̚˨˩˨ tʰɨk̚˨˩˨]

Verb

tuyệt thực

to stop eating for religious fasting, protest or a hunger strike

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