đại bác

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 大礮, composed of 大 and 礮. The reading bác is a misreading, influenced by 駮 (SV: bác), the phonetic component of 礮. Regular Sino-Vietnamese is đại pháo (大炮).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier khẩu) đại bác

1. cannon