ải quan

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 隘關, composed of 隘 (“pass”) and 關 (“pass”).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˧˩ kwaːn˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˧˨ kwaːŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˨˩˦ waːŋ˧˧]

Noun edit

(literary) frontier (pass)

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