đường chim bay

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compound of đường (“road, way”) +‎ chim (“bird”) +‎ bay (“to fly”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ t͡ɕim˧˧ ʔɓaj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩ t͡ɕim˧˧ ʔɓaj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ cim˧˧ ʔɓa(ː)j˧˧]

Noun

đường chim bay

  1. beeline; distance along the straight line between two geographical points on the map
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