tay kiếm
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
tay ("hand; man") + kiếm ("sword"). Similar to Chinese 手 (shǒu, “hand”), the "tay" pattern is also used on tay súng (“gunner”), tay bắn tỉa (“sniper”) and tay trong (“insider, spy”), referring to a practitioner or an expert of some field.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taj˧˧ kiəm˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [taj˧˧ kiəm˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ta(ː)j˧˧ kim˦˥]