ải quan

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 隘關, composed of 隘 (“pass”) and 關 (“pass”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaːj˧˩ kwaːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaːj˧˨ kwaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaːj˨˩˦ waːŋ˧˧]

Noun

ải quan

  1. (literary) frontier (pass)
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