khuynh đảo

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 傾倒, composed of 傾 (“to shake”) and 倒 (“to fall, to collapse”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xwïŋ̟˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰwɨn˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˨] ~ [xwɨn˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰwɨn˧˧ ʔɗaːw˨˩˦] ~ [xwɨn˧˧ ʔɗaːw˨˩˦]

Verb

khuynh đảo

1. (politics, somewhat literary) to topple