chầu chực

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === chầu (“session/to attend”) +‎ chực (“to wait for”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəw˨˩ t͡ɕɨk̚˧˨ʔ] (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəw˦˩ t͡ɕɨk̚˨˩ʔ] (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəw˨˩ cɨk̚˨˩˨] === Verb === chầu chực to wait; to remain; to pause (for a long while) (rare) to serve; to wait on; to attend to; to be at the beck and call of