đới

See also: Appendix:Variations of "doi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 帶 (“belt; zone”, SV: đái), probably partially to avoid the homophonous đái (“to piss”). Compare giới (dated/rare reading giái) and dái (“testicles”), Phần Lan (“Finland”) and phân (“faeces”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

đới

  1. (geography) geographical zone (of the Earth)
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