viễn tưởng
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 遠想, composed of 遠 (“far”) and 想 (“to think”), perhaps modeled after giả tưởng. "Far" implies the "far future", and this term is mostly about futuristic science fiction.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [viən˦ˀ˥ tɨəŋ˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [viəŋ˧˨ tɨəŋ˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [viəŋ˨˩˦ tɨəŋ˨˩˦] ~ [jiəŋ˨˩˦ tɨəŋ˨˩˦]
Adjective
edit- (fiction) futuristically fictional
- Hypernym: giả tưởng
- khoa học viễn tưởng ― science fiction