chấp bút

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 執筆 (“to write”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəp̚˧˦ ʔɓut̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəp̚˦˧˥ ʔɓʊk̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəp̚˦˥ ʔɓʊk͡p̚˦˥]

Verb

chấp bút

1. to ghostwrite; to cowrite; to write on behalf of (or with) someone else
2. to draft; to write a preliminary version