võ đoán

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 武斷.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vɔ˦ˀ˥ ʔɗwaːn˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vɔ˧˨ ʔɗwaːŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vɔ˨˩˦ ʔɗwaːŋ˦˥] ~ [jɔ˨˩˦ ʔɗwaːŋ˦˥]

Adjective

võ đoán

  1. arbitrary; subjective; dogmatic
  2. (linguistics) arbitrary; absent of any natural or necessary connections between a word's meaning and its sound
    Theo Saussure, tính võ đoán là đặc trưng quan trọng nhất của ngôn ngữ ― According to Saussure, arbitrariness is one of the most important aspects of a language.

Verb

võ đoán

  1. to make an arbitrary decision
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