cáo chung

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 告終.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˦ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːw˨˩˦ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːw˦˥ cʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

Verb

cáo chung

  1. (formal or literary) to come to an end
    khi nền quân chủ Việt Nam cáo chungwhen the end came to Vietnamese monarchism