người Việt

Vietnamese

Etymology

người (human) + Việt (Yue; Vietnamese).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋɨəj˨˩ viət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋɨj˦˩ viək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋɨj˨˩ viək̚˨˩˨] ~ [ŋɨj˨˩ jiək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

người Việt

  1. (historical) the Yue people, the name given by the Chinese to various ethnic groups in Southern Ancient China and modern Northern Vietnam; a Yue person
  2. the Vietnamese people, the nationals of Vietnam; a Vietnamese national
  3. the Vietnamese people, also known as the Kinh people, the only major ethnic group in Vietnam, whose mother language is Vietnamese; a Kinh person

Synonyms

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