đô thị

See also: dothi and đồ thị

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 都市.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗo˧˧ tʰi˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗow˧˧ tʰɪj˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗow˧˧ tʰɪj˨˩˨]

    Noun

    đô thị

    1. (urban studies) a city, particularly an administrative division or urban area with a particular or designated size, population and wealth; in Vietnam, a đô thị simply refers to provincial capitals or thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương, while a khu đô thị refers to technological hubs full of high-income earners and corporate/apartment buildings
      quy hoạch đô thị
      urban planning
      khu đô thị
      an urban area with specially planned and built residential and facility compounds

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