tay kiếm

Vietnamese

Etymology

tay ("hand; man") + kiếm ("sword"). Similar to Chinese 手 (shǒu, “hand”), the "tay" pattern is also used on tay súng (“gunner”), tay bắn tỉa (“sniper”) and tay trong (“insider, spy”), referring to a practitioner or an expert of some field.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taj˧˧ kiəm˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [taj˧˧ kiəm˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ta(ː)j˧˧ kim˦˥]

Noun

tay kiếm

  1. swordsman

Synonyms

  • kiếm sĩ
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