bình chú

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 評註, composed of 評 (“to comment”) and 註 (“to record”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓïŋ˨˩ t͡ɕu˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɨn˦˩ t͡ɕʊw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɨn˨˩ cʊw˦˥]

Verb

bình chú

1. (literary) to gloss; to annotate (especially in the margin of a text)