bao vây

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 包圍 (SV: bao vi)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧ vəj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧ vəj˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧ vəj˧˧] ~ [ʔɓaːw˧˧ jəj˧˧]

Verb

to surround; to besiege
Synonym: vây

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