đề kháng

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 抵抗 (SV: để kháng), probably via confusion with đề (提, “to guard against”), as in đề phòng (提防, “to take precautions against”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗe˨˩ xaːŋ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˦˩ kʰaːŋ˦˧˥] ~ [ʔɗej˦˩ xaːŋ˦˧˥] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˨˩ kʰaːŋ˦˥] ~ [ʔɗej˨˩ xaːŋ˦˥] invalid IPA characters (][)

Verb[edit]

đề kháng

  1. (pathology) to resist (against antigens)
    sức đề kháng
    resistance against antigens, or more broadly, immunity in general

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