Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 單位, misreading of đan vị. Borrowed from Japanese 単位 (tan'i), from Middle Chinese 單位 (tan hwijH).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

đơn vị

  1. unit (part of whole)
    danh từ chỉ đơn vịclassifier; counter; measure word
  2. unit (organisation, establishment, enterprise, place of employment, administrative unit, etc.)
  3. Short for đơn vị đo lường (unit of measure).