xứ

See also: xu, Xu, xù, xú, xū, xǔ, xử, and ǃXũ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 處.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɨ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sɨ˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [sɨ˦˥]

Noun

xứ

1. (literary) a land (country or region)

   xứ người

   a foreign land; foreign soil

   tứ xứ

   everywhere

   (literally, “four lands; lands to all four cardinal directions”)

Derived terms

• giáo xứ (“parish”)