tá hoả

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

tá hỏa

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(colloquial) to panic from shock or astonishment
Sáng đậy, 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.

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