tình bạn

Vietnamese

Etymology

tình (情, “sentiment, feeling”) +‎ bạn (伴, “friend”), the word order is Vietnamese native head-initial. Likely a calque of Chinese 友情 (yǒuqíng).

Superficially Sino-Vietnamese word from 情伴.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tïŋ˨˩ ʔɓaːn˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨn˦˩ ʔɓaːŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨn˨˩ ʔɓaːŋ˨˩˨]

Noun

tình bạn

1. friendship (condition of being friends)