biên giới

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 邊界, composed of (edge) and (boundary).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˧˧ zəːj˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ jəːj˨˩˦]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ jəːj˦˥]

    Noun

    biên giới

    1. a frontier (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

    See also