bế giảng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 閉 (“to close”) and 講 (“teaching”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓe˧˦ zaːŋ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓej˨˩˦ jaːŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓej˦˥ jaːŋ˨˩˦]

Verb

bế giảng

1. (education) to end a schoolyear, semester or course