người Việt Nam

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compound of người (“human”) +‎ Việt Nam (“Vietnam”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

người Việt Nam • (𠊛越南)

  1. Vietnamese:
    1. by nationality, regardless of one's ethnicity, albeit Tày, Nùng, Chăm, Khmer, etc.
    2. by ethnicity
      Synonym: người Việt/người Kinh
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