thăng trầm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 升 (“go up”) and 沉 (“go down”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ t͡ɕəm˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ ʈəm˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ ʈəm˨˩]

Noun

thăng trầm

1. ups and downs