thoái hoá

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

thoái hóa, thoái-hóa

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 退化, composed of 退 (“to back off”) and 化 (“to transform”), from Japanese 退化 (taika).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰwaːj˧˦ hwaː˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰwaːj˨˩˦ hwaː˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰ⁽ʷ⁾aːj˦˥ waː˦˥]

Verb

thoái hoá

to degenerate, decline or regress
thoái hoá đốt sống cổ
cervical degenerative disease

thoái hoá phẩm chất đạo đức
moral decline

See also

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