thay vì

Vietnamese

Etymology

thay +‎ vì.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰaj˧˧ vi˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰaj˧˧ vɪj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰa(ː)j˧˧ vɪj˨˩] ~ [tʰa(ː)j˧˧ jɪj˨˩]

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Preposition

thay vì

1. instead of