tốn kém

Vietnamese

Etymology

tốn +‎ kém.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ton˧˦ kɛm˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [toŋ˦˧˥ kɛm˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [toŋ˦˥ kɛm˦˥]

Adjective

tốn kém

  1. expensive; pricey; extravagant
    tiêu xài tốn kém
    to spend large sums of money

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.