tá hoả

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • tá hỏa

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taː˧˦ hwaː˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [taː˨˩˦ hwaː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [taː˦˥ waː˨˩˦]

Verb

tá hoả

  1. (colloquial) to panic from shock or astonishment
    Sáng dậy, tôi tá hoả khi thấy chùm chìa khoá đã biến đâu mất.
    That morning, I started panicking when I realised that my bunch of keys was gone.

Derived terms

  • tá hoả tam tinh
  • tanh bành tá hoả
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