đột khởi

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 突起 (“to appear suddenly”).

Pronunciation edit

(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 edit

đột khởi

to emerge suddenly; to rise up abruptly; to surge unexpectedly

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