vong quốc

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 亡國.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vawŋ͡m˧˧ kuək̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vawŋ͡m˧˧ kuək̚˦˧˥] ~ [vɔŋ˧˧ kuək̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vawŋ͡m˧˧ wək̚˦˥] ~ [jawŋ͡m˧˧ wək̚˦˥]

Verb edit

vong quốc

(literary) to lose one's country; to perish (of a state)

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