xuất chinh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 出征 (“to go out to battle”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [swət̚˧˦ t͡ɕïŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [swək̚˦˧˥ t͡ɕɨn˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [s⁽ʷ⁾ək̚˦˥ cɨn˧˧]

Verb

xuất chinh

1. (literary, rare, military) to go on an expedition; to head out to battle; to go to the battlefront