xuyên quốc gia

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 穿 (“through”) and 國家 (“nation”), modeled on đa quốc gia (“multinational”), calque of English transnational.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [swiən˧˧ kuək̚˧˦ zaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [swiəŋ˧˧ kuək̚˦˧˥ jaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [s⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˧˧ wək̚˦˥ jaː˧˧]

Adjective

xuyên quốc gia

1. (neologism, business) transnational