đồng bằng

Vietnamese

Etymology

đồng (“field”) +‎ bằng (“flat”), probably a calque of Chinese 平野 (bình dã).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɓaŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ ʔɓaŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɓaŋ˨˩]

Noun

đồng bằng

  1. plain
  2. (river) delta

Derived terms

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