chân trời

Vietnamese

Etymology

chân (“foot/leg”) +‎ trời (“sky”). Semantically, compare Khmer ជើងមេឃ (cəəng meik) or Tày tin fạ.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕən˧˧ t͡ɕəːj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəŋ˧˧ ʈəːj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəŋ˧˧ ʈəːj˨˩]

Noun

chân trời • (蹎𡗶)

  1. horizon
  2. (figurative) prospect; possibility; potential

Derived terms

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