chấp chiếm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 執 (“to seize”) and 佔 (“to possess”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəp̚˧˦ t͡ɕiəm˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəp̚˦˧˥ t͡ɕiəm˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəp̚˦˥ cim˦˥]

Verb

chấp chiếm

(literary, rare) to despoil; to appropriate; to seize in order to possess

Related terms

chấp chưởng (“to rule”)
chiếm giữ (“to appropriate”)

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