điều tra dân số

Vietnamese

Etymology

điều tra (“investigate”) +‎ dân số (“population”)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗiəw˨˩ t͡ɕaː˧˧ zən˧˧ so˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗiw˦˩ ʈaː˧˧ jəŋ˧˧ ʂow˨˩˦] ~ [ʔɗiw˦˩ ʈaː˧˧ jəŋ˧˧ sow˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗiw˨˩ ʈaː˧˧ jəŋ˧˧ ʂow˦˥] ~ [ʔɗiw˨˩ ʈaː˧˧ jəŋ˧˧ sow˦˥]

Verb

điều tra dân số • (調查民數)

  1. to collect a census
    cuộc điều tra dân số
    a census

Usage notes

This term has negative connotations among Overseas Vietnamese communities. The preferred term in the United States is thống kê dân số.[1]

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Pham, Loan-Anh (5 February 2020) “San Jose: Census officials work to gain trust in Vietnamese community”, in San Jose Spotlight‎[1], retrieved 4 April 2020
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