eo biển

Vietnamese

Etymology

eo (“waist”) +‎ biển (“sea”), literally “waist of the sea”.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɛw˧˧ ʔɓiən˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛw˧˧ ʔɓiəŋ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɛw˧˧ ʔɓiəŋ˨˩˦]

Noun

eo biển • (𬁷𣷭)

  1. (geography) a strait

Derived terms

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