tiểu liên

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 小 (“small”) and 連 (“to connect”), from a clipping of 連聲 / 连声 (liánshēng, “repeating the sound”). Compare súng liên thanh.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiəw˧˩ liən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiw˧˨ liəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiw˨˩˦ liəŋ˧˧]

Noun

(classifier khẩu) tiểu liên

  1. (súng ~) submachine gun

See also

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