diễn biến hoà bình
Vietnamese
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque from Chinese 和平演變／和平演变 (hoà bình diễn biến).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ziən˦ˀ˥ ʔɓiən˧˦ hwaː˨˩ ʔɓïŋ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jiəŋ˧˨ ʔɓiəŋ˦˧˥ hwaː˦˩ ʔɓɨn˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [jiəŋ˨˩˦ ʔɓiəŋ˦˥ waː˨˩ ʔɓɨn˨˩]
Noun
[edit]- (politics) Peaceful Evolution
- lí thuyết diễn biến hoà bình ― Peaceful Evolution theory
Usage & translation notes
[edit]This translation, by Vietnamese Communists, of "evolution" as diễn biến (which does not mean "to evolve" in modern Vietnamese) is very likely influenced by Chinese 演變 (which indeed means "to evolve" besides "to develop"). Meanwhile, anti-Communist Vietnamese translate it as tiến hoá, resulting in the rarely attested expressions "tiến hoá hoà bình" ~ "tiến hóa hòa bình".