đăng kí

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

đăng ký

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˧ ki˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˧ kɪj˨˩˦]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˧ kɪj˦˥]

Verb

đăng kí

to register (to enter into a register)
to enroll

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

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

References

^ Pratt, Timothy (2012 October 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 October 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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