dân vệ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 民 and 衛.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zən˧˧ ve˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jəŋ˧˧ vej˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jəŋ˧˧ vej˨˩˨] ~ [jəŋ˧˧ jej˨˩˨]

Noun

dân vệ

  1. People's Self-Defense Force (a military group in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War)
    Synonym: Nhân Dân Tự Vệ
    • 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 11, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:
      Một thằng dân vệ mặc đồ đen, thúc mạnh báng súng vào lưng Linh.
      One of the self-defense guys in black pushed the butt of his gun with force into Linh's back.
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