Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 單位, misreading of đan vị. Borrowed from Japanese 単位 (tan'i), from Middle Chinese 單位 (tan hwijH).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːn˧˧ vi˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ vɪj˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ vɪj˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ jɪj˨˩˨] invalid IPA characters (][)

Noun edit

đơn vị

  1. unit (part of whole)
    danh từ chỉ đơn vịclassifier; counter; measure word
  2. unit (organisation, establishment, enterprise, place of employment, administrative unit, etc.)
  3. Short for đơn vị đo lường (unit of measure).