thăng hoa

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 昇華 (“sublimation”), from Japanese 昇華 (shōka).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ hwaː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ hwaː˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ waː˧˧]

Verb

(literary) to triumph; to prevail
(physics) to sublimate

Usage notes

Not to be confused with trăng hoa.

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