đại lục

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 大陸 (“continent”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ lʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ lʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ lʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]

Noun

đại lục

  1. (rare) a continent, perhaps the same as either châu lục (“geopolitical continent”) or lục địa (“geographical continent”)
  2. Clipping of Trung Quốc đại lục (“mainland China”).
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