phân định

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 分 (“to distinguish”) and 定 (“to settle”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [fən˧˧ ʔɗïŋ˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [fəŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨn˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [fəŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨn˨˩˨]

Verb

phân định

to demarcate; to delimit; to distinguish and fix (a boundary)
Hiệp định Phân định Vịnh Bắc Bộ ― The Agreement to Delimit the Gulf of Tonkin

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