Trung Quốc
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
- (abbreviation) TQ
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 中國, composed of 中 (“center”) and 國 (“country”). Doublet of Tung Của.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kuək̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kuək̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˧ wək̚˦˥]
Proper noun edit
- China
- (history, only by the Nguyễn Dynasty) the self-denomination of Vietnam during Nguyễn dynasty independence period (19th century).[1]
Adjective edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Woodside, Alexander (1988) Vietnam and the Chinese model: a comparative study of Vietnamese and Chinese government in the first half of the nineteenth century, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 18