xã hội

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 社會, from Japanese 社会 (shakai), from Middle Chinese 社會 (MC d͡ʑia^X ɦuɑi^H).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saː˦ˀ˥ hoj˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [saː˧˨ hoj˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [saː˨˩˦ hoj˨˩˨]

Noun

society

Derived terms

chủ nghĩa xã hội; xã hội chủ nghĩa (“socialism”)
xã hội học (“sociology”)
xã hội đen (“mafia”)

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