chấm phẩy

Vietnamese

Etymology

chấm (“dot”) +‎ phẩy (“comma”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəm˧˦ fəj˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəm˦˧˥ fəj˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cəm˦˥ fəj˨˩˦]

Noun

chấm phẩy

1. (figurative) punctuation (dots and commas)
2. a semicolon