bao vây

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 包圍 (SV: bao vi)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧ vəj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧ vəj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧ vəj˧˧] ~ [ʔɓaːw˧˧ jəj˧˧]

Verb

bao vây

  1. to surround; to besiege
    Synonyms: vây, giải vây, phong toả, phong bế
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