thoái hoá

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 退化, composed of 退 (“to back off”) and 化 (“to transform”), from Japanese 退化 (taika), equivalent to thoái +‎ -hoá.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰwaːj˧˦ hwaː˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰwaːj˨˩˦ hwaː˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰ⁽ʷ⁾aːj˦˥ waː˦˥]

Verb

thoái hoá

  1. to degenerate, decline or regress
    thoái hoá đốt sống cổ
    cervical degenerative disease
    thoái hoá phẩm chất đạo đức
    moral decline

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