viễn xứ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 遠處, composed of 遠 (“far, distant”) and 處 (“place, location”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [viən˦ˀ˥ sɨ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [viəŋ˧˨ sɨ˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [viəŋ˨˩˦ sɨ˦˥] ~ [jiəŋ˨˩˦ sɨ˦˥]

Noun

viễn xứ

  1. (literary) a distant place
    người viễn xứ ― person from a far away land
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