biên giới

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 邊界, composed of 邊 (“edge”) and 界 (“boundary”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiən˧˧ zəːj˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ jəːj˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ jəːj˦˥]

Noun

biên giới

a frontier (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

See also

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