chiến khu

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Vietnamese

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 Chiến khu Đ on Vietnamese Wikipedia
 Chiến khu Quỳnh Lưu on Vietnamese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 戰區 (“warzone”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiən˧˦ xu˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiəŋ˦˧˥ kʰʊw˧˧] ~ [t͡ɕiəŋ˦˧˥ xʊw˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ciəŋ˦˥ kʰʊw˧˧] ~ [ciəŋ˦˥ xʊw˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)

Noun

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chiến khu

  1. (military) a warzone; theater of operations
  2. (historical) an administrative unit during the resistance (similar to a province)
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