thất thanh

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 失聲.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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thất thanh

  1. (shouting) shrilly, screechingly, so loudly that one's voice is about to fail
    • 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 5, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
      – Ông ơi? Tây tới rồi, ông ơ… ơ… ơi! – Má tôi hét thất thanh.
      "Darling? The Westerners have arrived, daaaaarling!" my mother shouted shrilly.