xệch

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [səjk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [set̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [səːt̚˨˩˨]

Verb

xệch

to be aslant; to be awry
- 1941, Tịnh, Thanh, Quê Mẹ:
  Tôi bậm tay ghì thật chặt, nhưng một quyển vở cũng xệch ra và chênh đầu chúi xuống đất.
  I clenched my fists tightly, but one of the notebooks also started tilting, slanting forward and falling to the ground.

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