viễn tưởng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 遠想, composed of 遠 (“far”) and 想 (“to think”), perhaps modeled after giả tưởng. "Far" implies the "far future", and this term is mostly about futuristic science fiction.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [viən˦ˀ˥ tɨəŋ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [viəŋ˧˨ tɨəŋ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [viəŋ˨˩˦ tɨəŋ˨˩˦] ~ [jiəŋ˨˩˦ tɨəŋ˨˩˦]

Adjective

viễn tưởng

  1. (fiction) futuristically fictional
    Hypernym: giả tưởng
    khoa học viễn tưởng ― science fiction
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