vận mệnh hiển nhiên
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
vận mệnh (“destiny, fate”) + hiển nhiên (“obvious, apparent”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vən˧˨ʔ məjŋ̟˧˨ʔ hiən˧˩ ɲiən˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vəŋ˨˩ʔ men˨˩ʔ hiəŋ˧˨ ɲiəŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [vəŋ˨˩˨ məːn˨˩˨ hiəŋ˨˩˦ ɲiəŋ˧˧] ~ [jəŋ˨˩˨ məːn˨˩˨ hiəŋ˨˩˦ ɲiəŋ˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)
Noun[edit]
- (historical) the manifest destiny (cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America)