chinh phạt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 征伐 (“to wage a punitive expedition”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕïŋ˧˧ faːt̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨn˧˧ faːk̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɨn˧˧ faːk̚˨˩˨]

Verb

chinh phạt

  1. (literary) to send a punitive military expedition; to send suppressive forces
  2. (figurative) to conquer; to subjugate; to dominate
    Cuộc chinh phạt Shikoku ― The Shikoku Invasion; the event to conquer Shikoku
    Những cuộc chinh phạt của Alexandros Đại Đế ― The Conquests of Alexander the Great
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