bùng nổ

Vietnamese

Etymology

From bùng (“to rise up, to became big”) +‎ nổ (“to explode”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓʊwŋ͡m˨˩ no˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓʊwŋ͡m˦˩ now˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓʊwŋ͡m˨˩ now˨˩˦]

Verb

bùng nổ

1. to explode
2. (of a war, battle) to break out