chi đội

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 支隊 (“detachment”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˧ ʔɗoj˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪj˧˧ ʔɗoj˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɪj˧˧ ʔɗoj˨˩˨]

Noun

chi đội

  1. the smallest body that makes up Đội and consists of a class of grade school or middle school student members
  2. (historical, military) a small detachment equivalent to a tiểu đoàn (“battalion”) or a trung đoàn (“regiment”)
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