hệ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "he"
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 系.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [he˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hej˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [hej˨˩˨]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Affix edit
hệ
- a system
Usage notes edit
Almost never occurs alone, unless in colloquially pithy utterances such as có nhiều hệ, như hệ A, hệ B, v.v. (“there are multiple systems, such as system A, system B, etc.”). Used as a prefix most of the time, in a syntactically native way. For a word for "system," use hệ thống instead.
See also edit
Derived terms