phi tang

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fi˧˧ taːŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [fɪj˧˧ taːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [fɪj˧˧ taːŋ˧˧]

Verb

phi tang

  1. to destroy evidence
    • 2025, Huy Đạt, “Đà Nẵng: Tạm giữ 2 nghi phạm nổ súng đe dọa chủ quán bida”, in Thanh Niên‎[1]:
      Đến sáng 15.8, Hiệu đến cơ quan công an đầu thú, khai nhận đã phi tang khẩu súng xuống cầu Hương An.
      By the morning of August 15, Hiệu turned himself in at the police station and confessed that he had disposed of the gun by throwing it off Hương An bridge.
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