diện kiến
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 面 and 見.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ziən˧˨ʔ kiən˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jiəŋ˨˩ʔ kiəŋ˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jiəŋ˨˩˨ kiəŋ˦˥]
Verb edit
- (literary, historical) to attend an audience
- diện kiến quốc vương ― to meet the ruling monarch