Dân quân tự vệ

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 民軍 (“militia”) and 自衛 (“self-defense”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zən˧˧ kwən˧˧ tɨ˧˨ʔ ve˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [jəŋ˧˧ kwəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩ʔ vej˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jəŋ˧˧ wəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˨ vej˨˩˨] ~ [jəŋ˧˧ wəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˨ jej˨˩˨]

    Proper noun

    Dân quân tự vệ

    1. a militia and self-defense force comprising a part of the armed forces of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.