viễn tưởng

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 遠想, composed of (far) and (to think), perhaps modeled after giả tưởng. "Far" implies the "far future", and this term is mostly about futuristic science fiction.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [viən˦ˀ˥ tɨəŋ˧˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [viəŋ˧˨ tɨəŋ˧˨]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [viəŋ˨˩˦ tɨəŋ˨˩˦] ~ [jiəŋ˨˩˦ tɨəŋ˨˩˦]

    Adjective

    viễn tưởng

    1. (fiction) futuristically fictional
      Hypernym: giả tưởng
      khoa học viễn tưởngscience fiction