thặng dư

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 剩餘. The only common word that uses the reading thặng for Middle Chinese 剩 (zying^H). The more common reading for Middle Chinese 剩 is thừa, which does not retain the final consonant.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰaŋ˧˨ʔ zɨ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰaŋ˨˩ʔ jɨ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰaŋ˨˩˨ jɨ˧˧]

Adjective

thặng dư

(formal, Marxism, Leninism) surplus
giá trị thặng dư
surplus value

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