chú giải

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 註解, composed of 註 (“note”) and 解 (“to explain”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

chú giải

1. to gloss; to annotate explanatorily; to make a clarifying textual comment

Noun

chú giải

1. a gloss; explanatory annotation

   bảng chú giải ― glossary (explanatory annotation table)

2. a commentary; exegesis
3. (cartography) a legend; key