ranh giới
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ranh (“border”, fossil word) + Chinese 界 (jiè, “boundary”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zajŋ̟˧˧ zəːj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐɛɲ˧˧ jəːj˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹan˧˧ jəːj˦˥]
Noun
[edit]- a spatial boundary or border, especially a geopolitical one
- Trung Quốc đơn phương đặt ra ranh giới "đường lưỡi bò" ở Biển Đông.
- China has unilaterally placed a boundary known as the "cow-tongue line" in the South China Sea.