tá hoả

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• tá hỏa

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taː˧˦ hwaː˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taː˨˩˦ hwaː˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taː˦˥ waː˨˩˦]

Verb

tá hoả

1. (colloquial) to panic from shock or astonishment

   Sáng đậy, tôi tá hoả khi thấy chùm chìa khoá đã biến đâu mất.

   That morning, I started panicking when I realised that my bunch of keys was gone.