vật tư
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vət̚˧˨ʔ tɨ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vək̚˨˩ʔ tɨ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vək̚˨˩˨ tɨ˧˧] ~ [jək̚˨˩˨ tɨ˧˧]
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 物資, composed of 物 (“item, object, thing”) and 資.
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
vật + tư, calque of Chinese 私物 (tư vật). Probably also a reanalysis of the etymology above.