khuynh đảo

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 傾倒, composed of 傾 (“to shake”) and 倒 (“to fall, to collapse”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xwïŋ̟˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰwɨn˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˨] ~ [xwɨn˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰwɨn˧˧ ʔɗaːw˨˩˦] ~ [xwɨn˧˧ ʔɗaːw˨˩˦]

Verb

khuynh đảo

  1. (politics, somewhat literary) to topple
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