tuyệt đại đa số

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 絕大多數, composed of 絕大 (“almost all”) and 多數 (“majority”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [twiət̚˧˨ʔ ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ ʔɗaː˧˧ so˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [twiək̚˨˩ʔ ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ ʔɗaː˧˧ ʂow˨˩˦] ~ [twiək̚˨˩ʔ ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ ʔɗaː˧˧ sow˨˩˦]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾iək̚˨˩˨ ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ ʔɗaː˧˧ ʂow˦˥] ~ [t⁽ʷ⁾iək̚˨˩˨ ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ ʔɗaː˧˧ sow˦˥]

Noun

tuyệt đại đa số

  1. an absolute majority; nearly all

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