tiếng phổ thông

Vietnamese

Etymology

tiếng (“language; dialect; speech”) +‎ phổ thông (“common”), calque of Mandarin 普通話 / 普通话 (pǔtōnghuà, phổ thông thoại).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˧˦ fo˧˩ tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˧˥ fow˧˨ tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˥ fow˨˩˦ tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]

Proper noun

tiếng phổ thông • (㗂普通)

  1. (rare) the northern Vietnamese dialect that is considered "standard", popular among officials, news anchors and pop singers
  2. (used in relation to the other minority languages of Vietnam) Vietnamese language
  3. Putonghua; Standard Chinese
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