bành trướng

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 膨脹.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓajŋ̟˨˩ t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛɲ˦˩ ʈɨəŋ˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓan˨˩ ʈɨəŋ˦˥]

Verb[edit]

bành trướng

(usually colonialism or imperialism) to expand

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