Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
khói + lửa. Compare Chinese 煙火/烟火.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xɔj˧˦ lɨə˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰɔj˨˩˦ lɨə˧˨] ~ [xɔj˨˩˦ lɨə˧˨] invalid IPA characters (][)
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰɔj˦˥ lɨə˨˩˦] ~ [xɔj˦˥ lɨə˨˩˦] invalid IPA characters (][)
khói lửa
- (literally) smoke and fire
- (poetic, literary) war; conflict