hoá thạch

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

hóa thạch, hóa-thạch

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 化石, composed of 化 (“to turn into”) and 石 (“stone”), from Japanese 化石 (kaseki, literally “petrification”), semantically equivalent to the semi-native phrase hoá đá (“to petrify”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hwaː˧˦ tʰajk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hwaː˨˩˦ tʰat̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [waː˦˥ tʰat̚˨˩˨]

Noun

hoá thạch

a fossil

Anagrams

Thạch Hoá

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