bất khả kháng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 不可 (“cannot”) and 抗 (“oppose”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓət̚˧˦ xaː˧˩ xaːŋ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ kʰaː˧˨ kʰaːŋ˦˧˥] ~ [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ xaː˧˨ xaːŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˥ kʰaː˨˩˦ kʰaːŋ˦˥] ~ [ʔɓək̚˦˥ xaː˨˩˦ xaːŋ˦˥]

Adjective

bất khả kháng

  1. unavoidable; unpreventable; unopposable

Noun

bất khả kháng

  1. (law) Short for điều kiện bất khả kháng (“force majeure”, literally “unavoidable condition”).
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