khai hoa
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese
word from
開花
, composed of
開
(
“
open
”
)
and
花
(
“
flower
”
)
.
Pronunciation
(
Hà Nội
)
IPA
(key)
:
[xaːj˧˧ hwaː˧˧]
(
Huế
)
IPA
(key)
:
[kʰaːj˧˧ hwaː˧˧]
(
Saigon
)
IPA
(key)
:
[kʰaːj˧˧ waː˧˧]
Verb
khai
hoa
to bloom