đăng kí

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 登記 (“to register”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˧ ki˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˧ kɪj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˧ kɪj˦˥]

Verb

đăng kí

  1. to register (to enter into a register)
  2. to enroll

Usage notes

The word đăng kí has negative connotations among Overseas Vietnamese communities, as the word is associated with reeducation camp forced registration drives following the Vietnam War.[1] An alternative is ghi danh.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Pratt, Timothy (18 October 2012) “More Asian Immigrants Are Finding Ballots in Their Native Tongue”, in The New York Times‎[1], The New York Times Company, retrieved 8 October 2013
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