phát bệnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 發病 (to have an outbreak/to fall ill).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [faːt̚˧˦ ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [faːk̚˦˧˥ ʔɓen˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [faːk̚˦˥ ʔɓəːn˨˩˨]

Verb

phát bệnh

  1. to fall ill; to become sick; to be afflicted by disease
  2. (of a disease) to outbreak; to onset