ngoại lai

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 外來.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋwaːj˧˨ʔ laːj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋwaːj˨˩ʔ laːj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋwaːj˨˩˨ laːj˧˧]

Adjective

ngoại lai

  1. foreign; alien
    Chỉ có những va chạm ngoại lai trong đời mới làm cho ta thực sự trưởng thành.
    Only by having those interactions in real life would make us truly mature.
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