trí tưởng tượng

Vietnamese

Etymology

trí +‎ tưởng tượng, with Vietnamese head-initial structure.

Superficially Sino-Vietnamese word from 智 (“intelligence; mind”) and 想像 (“to imagine”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˦ tɨəŋ˧˩ tɨəŋ˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɪj˨˩˦ tɨəŋ˧˨ tɨəŋ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈɪj˦˥ tɨəŋ˨˩˦ tɨəŋ˨˩˨]

Noun

trí tưởng tượng

  1. imagination
    giàu trí tưởng tượng ― imaginative (rich in imagination)
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