chiến khu
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 戰區 (“warzone”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiən˧˦ xu˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiəŋ˦˧˥ kʰʊw˧˧] ~ [t͡ɕiəŋ˦˧˥ xʊw˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ciəŋ˦˥ kʰʊw˧˧] ~ [ciəŋ˦˥ xʊw˧˧]
Noun
edit- (military) a warzone; theater of operations
- (historical) an administrative unit during the resistance (similar to a province)