tiếng phổ thông

Vietnamese

Etymology

tiếng (“language; dialect; speech”) +‎ phổ thông (“common”), calque of Mandarin 普通話 / 普通话 (pǔtōnghuà, phổ thông thoại).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˧˦ fo˧˩ tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˧˥ fow˧˨ tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˥ fow˨˩˦ tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]

Proper noun

tiếng phổ thông • (㗂普通)

  1. (rare) the northern Vietnamese dialect that is considered "standard", popular among officials, news anchors and pop singers
  2. Putonghua; Standard Chinese
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