trái phép

Vietnamese

Etymology

From trái (“left; not conforming to”) +‎ phép (“permission”). Alternatively, the word phép here could be interpreted as "law", making this a calque of Chinese 非法 (phi pháp, literally “unlawful”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːj˧˦ fɛp̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaːj˨˩˦ fɛp̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈaːj˦˥ fɛp̚˦˥]

Adjective

trái phép

illegal as in unauthorized, without permission or without a permit

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