thanh sắc

Vietnamese

Etymology

thanh (tone) +‎ sắc (sharp).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰajŋ̟˧˧ sak̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɛɲ˧˧ ʂak̚˦˧˥] ~ [tʰɛɲ˧˧ sak̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰan˧˧ ʂak̚˦˥] ~ [tʰan˧˧ sak̚˦˥]

Noun

thanh sắc

  1. (phonetics) the “high risingtone, one of the six tones in the Vietnamese language, marked by the diacritic dấu sắc (acute accent)

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