hệ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "he"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 系.

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

hệ

  1. a system

Usage notes

Almost never occurs alone, unless in colloquially pithy utterances such as có nhiều hệ, như hệ A, hệ B, v.v. (“there are multiple systems, such as system A, system B, etc.”). Used as a prefix most of the time, in a syntactically native way. For a word for "system," use hệ thống instead.

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