dị vật

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 異物, composed of 異 (“different; strange”) and 物 (“object”), Japanese 異物 (ibutsu), Middle Chinese 異物 (“strange object; rare object”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zi˧˨ʔ vət̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jɪj˨˩ʔ vək̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jɪj˨˩˨ vək̚˨˩˨] ~ [jɪj˨˩˨ jək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

a foreign body

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