thăng hoa

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 昇華 (“sublimation”), from Japanese 昇華 (shōka).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ hwaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ hwaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ waː˧˧]

Verb

thăng hoa

  1. (literary) to triumph; to prevail
  2. (physics) to sublimate

Usage notes

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