thanh sắc

Vietnamese

Etymology

thanh (“tone”) +‎ sắc (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰajŋ̟˧˧ sak̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɛɲ˧˧ ʂak̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰan˧˧ ʂak̚˦˥]

Noun

thanh sắc

(linguistics) the “high rising” tone, one of the six tones in the Vietnamese language, marked by the diacritic dấu sắc (acute accent)

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