khánh thành
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 慶成.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xajŋ̟˧˦ tʰajŋ̟˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰɛɲ˦˧˥ tʰɛɲ˦˩] ~ [xɛɲ˦˧˥ tʰɛɲ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰan˦˥ tʰan˨˩] ~ [xan˦˥ tʰan˨˩]
Verb
khánh thành
- (architecture) to celebrate (a recently finished structure)
- cắt băng khánh thành ― to cut a ribbon to celebrate a newly built structure