viễn xứ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 遠處, composed of 遠 (“far, distant”) and 處 (“place, location”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viən˦ˀ˥ sɨ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [viəŋ˧˨ sɨ˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [viəŋ˨˩˦ sɨ˦˥] ~ [jiəŋ˨˩˦ sɨ˦˥]

Noun

viễn xứ

1. (literary) a distant place

   người viễn xứ ― person from a far away land