cực độ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 極度, composed of 極 (“extremity”) and 度 (“degree”)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɨk̚˧˨ʔ ʔɗo˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨk̚˨˩ʔ ʔɗow˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨk̚˨˩˨ ʔɗow˨˩˨]

Noun

cực độ

extreme degree; limit [1]

References

Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995) “cực độ”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 77

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