chỉ sự

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 指事.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˩ sɨ˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪj˧˨ ʂɨ˨˩ʔ] ~ [t͡ɕɪj˧˨ sɨ˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɪj˨˩˦ ʂɨ˨˩˨] ~ [cɪj˨˩˦ sɨ˨˩˨]
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    Noun

    chỉ sự

    1. (Chinese character classification) One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters such as (thượng, above) and (hạ, below) that indicate an abstract idea with a non-arbitrary logogram.

    See also