viện hàn lâm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 翰林院 (Hànlínyuàn, Hanlin Academy).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [viən˧˨ʔ haːn˨˩ ləm˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [viəŋ˨˩ʔ haːŋ˦˩ ləm˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [viəŋ˨˩˨ haːŋ˨˩ ləm˧˧] ~ [jiəŋ˨˩˨ haːŋ˨˩ ləm˧˧]

Noun

viện hàn lâm • (院翰林)

  1. an academy (learned society)
    Viện hàn lâm Pháp
    the Académie française

See also