đơn vị

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəːn˧˧ vi˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ vɪj˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ vɪj˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ jɪj˨˩˨]

Noun

unit (part of whole)
danh từ chỉ đơn vị ― classifier; counter; measure word
unit (organisation, establishment, enterprise, place of employment, administrative unit, etc.)
Short for đơn vị đo lường (“unit of measure”).

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