xuyên quốc gia

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 穿 (“through”) and 國家 (“nation”), modeled on đa quốc gia (“multinational”), calque of English transnational.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [swiən˧˧ kuək̚˧˦ zaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [swiəŋ˧˧ kuək̚˦˧˥ jaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [s⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˧˧ wək̚˦˥ jaː˧˧]

Adjective

xuyên quốc gia

  1. (neologism, business) transnational
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