thăng hoa

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 昇華 (“sublimation”), from Japanese 昇華 (shōka). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ hwaː˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ hwaː˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˧ waː˧˧] === Verb === thăng hoa (literary) to triumph; to prevail (physics) to sublimate ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with trăng hoa.