thăng hoa

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 昇華 (“sublimation”), from Japanese 昇華 (shōka).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ hwaː˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ hwaː˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ waː˧˧]

    Verb

    thăng hoa

    1. (literary) to triumph; to prevail
    2. (physics) to sublimate

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