chuyển giới
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Blend of chuyển (“to change”) + giới tính (“binary gender; biological sex”), calque of English sex change or transgender
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕwiən˧˩ zəːj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕwiəŋ˧˨ jəːj˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [c⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˨˩˦ jəːj˦˥]
Verb edit
- to have a sex change