tiêu tan

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 消散 (SV: tiêu tán).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiəw˧˧ taːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiw˧˧ taːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiw˧˧ taːŋ˧˧]

Adjective

tiêu tan

  1. dashed; destroyed

Verb

tiêu tan

  1. to go to pot; to dissipate; to be brought to ruin; to be reduced to ashes; to end in smoke; to turn to dust and ashes
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