kính ngữ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 敬語.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kïŋ˧˦ ŋɨ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɨn˦˧˥ ŋɨ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɨn˦˥ ŋɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

kính ngữ

  1. (linguistics) honorific