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Vietnamese
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Noun
Vietnamese
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Etymology
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Sino-Vietnamese
word from
衛士
, composed of
衛
(
“
guarding
”
)
and
士
(
“
personnel
”
)
.
Pronunciation
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(
Hà Nội
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
[ve˧˨ʔ si˦ˀ˥]
(
Huế
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
[vej˨˩ʔ ʂɪj˧˨]
~
[vej˨˩ʔ sɪj˧˨]
(
Saigon
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
[vej˨˩˨ ʂɪj˨˩˦]
~
[jej˨˩˨ sɪj˨˩˦]
Noun
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vệ
sĩ
a
bodyguard
; compare
bảo vệ
(
“
security guard
”
)
Categories
:
Sino-Vietnamese words
Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
Vietnamese lemmas
Vietnamese nouns
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Vietnamese nouns without classifiers