phá đảo

Vietnamese

Etymology

phá (to destroy) +‎ đảo (island). In the video game Contra, after the player completes the game, the screen will switch to an exploding island.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [faː˧˦ ʔɗaːw˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [faː˨˩˦ ʔɗaːw˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [faː˦˥ ʔɗaːw˨˩˦]

Noun

phá đảo

  1. (video game) to clear or to reach the end of a video game