Trung Quốc

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (abbreviation) TQ

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 中國, composed of 中 (“center”) and 國 (“country”). Doublet of Tung Của.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kuək̚˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kuək̚˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˧ wək̚˦˥]

    Proper noun

    Trung Quốc

    1. China
    2. (history, only by the Nguyễn Dynasty) the self-denomination of Vietnam during Nguyễn dynasty independence period (19th century).[1]

    Adjective

    Trung Quốc

    1. Chinese

    See also

    countries in Asia: các quốc gia châu Á (appendix)edit

    References

    1. ^ Woodside, Alexander (1988), Vietnam and the Chinese model: a comparative study of Vietnamese and Chinese government in the first half of the nineteenth century, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 18
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