chống phá

Vietnamese

Etymology

chống (“to resist”) +‎ phá (“破, to destroy”). Compare 撐破／撑破 (“to break apart”), syntactically.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˦ faː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ faː˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəwŋ͡m˦˥ faː˦˥]

Verb

chống phá

1. to undermine; to sabotage; to cause subversion (especially against the authorities)