Min Nan

Noun

pha ‎(POJ)

1. (Taiwan) percent

Descendants

• Mandarin: 趴 (pā)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [faː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [faː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [faː˧˥]

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French phare

Noun

pha

1. (of a vehicle) a headlight

Etymology 2

Borrowing from French phase

Noun

pha

1. a short, and astonishing and/or exciting, incident

   Vừa rồi quả là một pha ghi bàn ấn tượng!‎

   That was a nice goal!

   Quả là một pha nhào lộn ấn tượng!‎

   That was an amazing acrobatic move!

2. (technical) a phase; a stage

   Pha của dao động cơ là (ωt+φ), trong đó φ là pha ban đầu.‎

   The phase of a mechanical oscillation is (ωt+φ), with φ being the phase constant.

   Mỗi nhịp tim có năm pha.‎

   Each heartbeat involves five stages.

Etymology 3

Verb

pha

1. to mix; to mingle

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *pa. Cognate of Swahili kupa.

Verb

-pha

1. (transitive) to give, to hand over, to present

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

See also

• nika