cải tử hoàn sinh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 改 (“change”), 死 (“death”), 還 (“to return”) and 生 (“life”). Compare 起死回生 (qǐsǐhuíshēng).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːj˧˩ tɨ˧˩ hwaːn˨˩ sïŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːj˧˨ tɨ˧˨ hwaːŋ˦˩ ʂɨn˧˧] ~ [kaːj˧˨ tɨ˧˨ hwaːŋ˦˩ sɨn˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːj˨˩˦ tɨ˨˩˦ waːŋ˨˩ ʂɨn˧˧] ~ [kaːj˨˩˦ tɨ˨˩˦ waːŋ˨˩ sɨn˧˧]

Noun

cải tử hoàn sinh

  1. resurrection; revival

Verb

cải tử hoàn sinh

  1. to resurrect; revive
  2. (figurative) to resuscitate
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