quan tái

See also: quan tài

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 關塞.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwaːn˧˧ taːj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kwaːŋ˧˧ taːj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [waːŋ˧˧ taːj˦˥]

Noun

quan tái

1. (literary) frontier pass and fortress