đăng kí

VietnameseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

đăng ký

EtymologyEdit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 登記 (“to register”)

PronunciationEdit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ˀɗɐŋ˧˧ ki˧ˀ˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ˀɗɐŋ˧˧ kɪj˩ˀ˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ˀɗɐŋ˧˥ kɪj˦ˀ˥]

VerbEdit

đăng kí

to register (to enter into a register)
to enroll

Usage notesEdit

The word đăng kí has negative connotations among Overseas Vietnamese communities, as the word is associated with reeducation camp forced registration drives following the Vietnam War.^[1] An alternative is ghi danh.

SynonymsEdit

(to register): ghi danh
(to enroll): ghi danh

ReferencesEdit

^ Pratt, Timothy (2012-10-18), “More Asian Immigrants Are Finding Ballots in Their Native Tongue”, in The New York Times^[1], The New York Times Company, retrieved 2013-10-08

[1] Pratt, Timothy (2012-10-18), “More Asian Immigrants Are Finding Ballots in Their Native Tongue”, in The New York Times^[1], The New York Times Company, retrieved 2013-10-08

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