máy bay lên thẳng
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]máy bay (“aircraft, airplane”) + lên (“to go up, to rise”) + thẳng (“straight”), calque of Chinese 直升機 (zhíshēngjī, “helicopter”, literally “straight-rising airplane”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maj˧˦ ʔɓaj˧˧ len˧˧ tʰaŋ˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [maj˨˩˦ ʔɓaj˧˧ len˧˧ tʰaŋ˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ma(ː)j˦˥ ʔɓa(ː)j˧˧ ləːn˧˧ tʰaŋ˨˩˦]
Noun
[edit](classifier chiếc) máy bay lên thẳng
- (dated) helicopter
- Synonyms: máy bay trực thăng, trực thăng