đại lục

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 大陸 (“continent”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ lʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ lʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ lʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]

    Noun

    đại lục

    1. (rare) a continent, perhaps the same as either châu lục (“geopolitical continent”) or lục địa (“geographical continent”)
    2. clipping of Trung Quốc đại lục (“mainland China”)
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