dân tình

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 民情, composed of (people) and (feeling; situation).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zən˧˧ tïŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jəŋ˧˧ tɨn˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jəŋ˧˧ tɨn˨˩]

Noun

dân tình

  1. popular sentiment; public opinion
  2. (figurative) the masses; the population at-large