tình báo
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 情報, composed of 情 (“movements; activities; operation”) and 報 (“reportage”), from Japanese 情報 (jōhō, “intelligence; information”), which is clipped from 敵情報知 (tekijō hōchi, “reconnaissance”, literally “intel on the enemy's movements”). The Japanese term has been bleached toward a very broad meaning, "knowledge" or "information" in general.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tïŋ˨˩ ʔɓaːw˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨn˦˩ ʔɓaːw˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tɨn˨˩ ʔɓaːw˦˥]
Noun edit
- (espionage) intelligence; intel
- Cơ quan Tình báo Trung ương
- the Central Intelligence Agency