đơn vị

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəːn˧˧ vi˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ vɪj˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ vɪj˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ jɪj˨˩˨]

Noun

đơn vị

1. unit (part of whole)

   danh từ chỉ đơn vị ― classifier; counter; measure word

2. unit (organisation, establishment, enterprise, place of employment, administrative unit, etc.)
3. Short for đơn vị đo lường (“unit of measure”).