hoá thạch

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 化石, composed of (to turn into) and (stone), from Japanese 化石 (kaseki, literally petrification), semantically equivalent to the semi-native phrase hoá đá (to petrify).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hwaː˧˦ tʰajk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [hwaː˨˩˦ tʰat̚˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [waː˦˥ tʰat̚˨˩˨]

    Noun

    hoá thạch

    1. a fossil

    Anagrams

    • Thạch Hoá