đại bác

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 大礮, composed of 大 and 礮. The reading bác is a misreading, influenced by 駮 (SV: bác), the phonetic component of 礮. Regular Sino-Vietnamese is đại pháo (大炮).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ ʔɓaːk̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ ʔɓaːk̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier khẩu) đại bác

  1. cannon
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