khăn giấy

Vietnamese

Etymology

khăn (“towel”) +‎ giấy (“paper”). Compare English paper towel.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xan˧˧ zəj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaŋ˧˧ jəj˨˩˦] ~ [xaŋ˧˧ jəj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰaŋ˧˧ jəj˦˥] ~ [xaŋ˧˧ jəj˦˥]

Noun

(classifier tờ, tấm) khăn giấy

  1. a tissue (sheet of absorbent paper)

See also

  • mô (“biological tissue”)
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