ví dụ
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (abbreviation) vd
Etymology
Attested as ꞗí dù in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), with the first element being the predecessor of modern ví (“to compare”). Probably modeled after thí dụ.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vi˧˦ zu˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vɪj˨˩˦ jʊw˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [vɪj˦˥ jʊw˨˩˨] ~ [jɪj˦˥ jʊw˨˩˨]
Audio (Saigon): (file)
Noun
Conjunction
- supposing that, for example