vanjdiet

Zhuang

Etymology

vanj (“bowl”) +‎ diet (“iron”), calque from Chinese 鐵飯碗／铁饭碗 (tiěfànwǎn).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /βaːn˥.tiːt˧˥/
  • Tone numbers: van3died7
  • Hyphenation: vanj‧diet

Noun

vanjdiet (1957–1982 spelling vanзdiet)

  1. secure job; job for life; job security

References

  1. ^ 李旭练 (2009), “谈壮语文新词术语的规范及其翻译”, in 民族翻译‎[1]
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