phú cường

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 富強.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fu˧˦ kɨəŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [fʊw˨˩˦ kɨəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [fʊw˦˥ kɨəŋ˨˩]

Adjective

phú cường

  1. rich and powerful
    • 1943, Trần Trọng Kim, “Lời phát đoan”, in Nho-giáo‎[1], volume I, Lê Thăng, page 15:
      Dần dần tỉnh ra, thấy người ta phú cường lẫm-liệt, mà mình thì cứ suy nhược mãi đi, […]
      We gradually wake up to see that others are now wealthy, mighty, majestic, while we have just been growing weak; […]
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