đột khởi
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 突起 (“to appear suddenly”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗot̚˧˨ʔ xəːj˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗok̚˨˩ʔ kʰəːj˧˨] ~ [ʔɗok̚˨˩ʔ xəːj˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗok̚˨˩˨ kʰəːj˨˩˦] ~ [ʔɗok̚˨˩˨ xəːj˨˩˦]
Verb
đột khởi
- to emerge suddenly; to rise up abruptly; to surge unexpectedly