tiêu tan

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 消散 (SV: tiêu tán, tiêu tản).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiəw˧˧ taːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tiw˧˧ taːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tiw˧˧ taːŋ˧˧]

Adjective

tiêu tan

1. dashed; destroyed

Verb

tiêu tan

1. to go to pot; to dissipate; to be brought to ruin; to be reduced to ashes; to end in smoke; to turn to dust and ashes