tàn phá
Pronunciation
IPA
Northern
/ta̤ːn˨˩ faː˧˥/
Central
/taːŋ˧˧ fa̰ː˩˧/
Southern
/taːŋ˨˩ faː˧˥/
to devastate
Verb
to devastate
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to devastate Core Actions & Operation
To destroy something completely and cause a great amount of damage or destruction.
vi Cơn bão đã tàn phá ngôi làng.
en The storm devastated the village.
Parts
tàn / phá / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 殘破 …
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Parts
tàn / phá / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 殘破 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 殘破
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
殘破
Candidates by syllable
tàn
殘（傘 / 𦅮）
phá
破
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
xây dựng / bảo vệ / kiến thiết / devastate
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Similar
xây dựng / bảo vệ / kiến thiết / devastate
Use
tàn phế / tàn bạo / tàn tật / tàn tích …
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Use
tàn phế / tàn bạo / tàn tật / tàn tích …