bốn bể
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]bốn (“four”) + bể (“sea; ocean”), calque of Chinese 四海 (tứ hải, “four seas”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓon˧˦ ʔɓe˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓoŋ˦˧˥ ʔɓej˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓoŋ˦˥ ʔɓej˨˩˦]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Noun
[edit]- the seas around China
- (literary, possibly obsolete) the four oceans, the Pacific, the Indian, the Atlantic and the Arctic
- (literary) the whole world