chìm ngập

Vietnamese

Etymology

chìm (“to be submerged”) +‎ ngập (“to be flooded”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕim˨˩ ŋəp̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕim˦˩ ŋəp̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cim˨˩ ŋəp̚˨˩˨]

Verb

chìm ngập • (沉𣵵)

to be flooded (and drowning)
(figurative) to be overcome

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