tiêu tan

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 消散 (SV: tiêu tán).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiəw˧˧ taːn˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiw˧˧ taːŋ˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiw˧˧ taːŋ˧˧]

    Adjective

    tiêu tan

    1. dashed; destroyed

    Verb

    tiêu tan

    1. to go to pot; to dissipate; to be brought to ruin; to be reduced to ashes; to end in smoke; to turn to dust and ashes