tuần duyên

Vietnamese

Etymology

Blend of tuần (“to patrol”) +‎ duyên hải (“coastal areas”). Superficially

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 巡 and 沿.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [twən˨˩ zwiən˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [twəŋ˦˩ jwiəŋ˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˨˩ j⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˧˧]

    Noun

    tuần duyên • (巡沿)

    1. coast guard
      con tàu Tuần duyên Hoa Kỳ ― a United States Coast Guard ship

    Synonyms

    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.