chua chát
Pronunciation
Northern
/ʨwaː˧˧ ʨaːt˧˥/
Central
/ʨuə˧˥ ʨa̰ːk˩˧/
Southern
/ʨuə˧˧ ʨaːk˧˥/
bitter
3 senses
2 Components
Adjective
bitter
Adverb
bitterly
Adjective
embittered
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Adjective
Sense 1
Adjective
bitter
Properties & States
Bitter, acerbic, or acrid describes a sharp and unpleasant taste or a harsh tone.
vi Những lời nhận xét chua chát của ông ấy khiến mọi người buồn lòng.
en His acerbic remarks made everyone feel sad.
Sense 2
Adjective
embittered
Feeling resentful or embittered refers to having a persistent sense of unfair treatment.
vi Cô ấy cảm thấy chua chát sau khi nỗ lực của mình bị phớt lờ.
en She felt embittered after her efforts were ignored.
Adverb
Sense 3
Adverb
bitterly
Doing something begrudgingly or bitterly means performing an action with a feeling of resentment.
vi Anh ta mỉm cười chua chát khi nghĩ về thất bại vừa rồi.
en He smiled bitterly when thinking about the recent failure.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
䣷𠹗
Candidates by syllable
chua
䣷（洙 / 𢟐）
chát
𠹗（𨐷 / 𨐿）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.