người Việt

Vietnamese

Etymology

người (“human”) +‎ Việt (“Yue; Vietnamese”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋɨəj˨˩ viət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋɨj˦˩ viək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋɨj˨˩ viək̚˨˩˨] ~ [ŋɨj˨˩ jiək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

người Việt • (𠊛越)

  1. (history) the Yue people, the name given by the Chinese to various ethnic groups in Southern Ancient China and modern Northern Vietnam; a Yue person
  2. ethnic Vietnamese
    Synonym: người Kinh

See also

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