hậu hoạ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 後 and 禍.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [həw˧˨ʔ hwaː˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [həw˨˩ʔ hwaː˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [həw˨˩˨ waː˨˩˨]

Noun

hậu hoạ

  1. a disaster in the making
    diệt trừ hậu hoạ ― to eliminate a likely future risk
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