vế câu

Vietnamese

Etymology

vế (side, role); câu (sentence). Literally, vế câu is a part with a complete grammatical role in a sentence.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ve˧˦ kəw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vej˨˩˦ kəw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vej˦˥ kəw˧˧] ~ [jej˦˥ kəw˧˧]

Noun

vế câu

  1. (grammar) clause
    Synonym: mệnh đề (sino-Vietnamese equivalents)