đơn vị

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 單位, misreading of đan vị. Borrowed from Japanese 単位 (tan'i), from Middle Chinese 單位 (tan hwijH).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːn˧˧ vi˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ vɪj˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ vɪj˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ jɪj˨˩˨]

    Noun

    đơn vị

    1. unit (part of whole)
      danh từ chỉ đơn vị ― classifier; counter; measure word
    2. unit (organisation, establishment, enterprise, place of employment, administrative unit, etc.), work unit, danwei
    3. short for đơn vị đo lường (“unit of measure”)
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