khai tử

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 開 (“declare, state”) and 死 (“die”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˨] ~ [xaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦] ~ [xaːj˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]

Verb

khai tử

1. to declare somebody's death

   Giấy khai tử. ― A paper declaring death.

2. (of a company) to stop producing or supporting an item, thereby marking its death

   Hãng Apple đã khai tử mẫu điện thoại Iphone 8. ― Apple has put an end to their Iphone 8 models.