vượt qua

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 越過 (SV: việt qua).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vɨət̚˧˨ʔ kwaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vɨək̚˨˩ʔ kwaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vɨək̚˨˩˨ waː˧˧] ~ [jɨək̚˨˩˨ waː˧˧]

Verb

vượt qua • (𨅿過)

  1. to cross
  2. (figurative) to overcome