chỉ giới

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 指界 (“the demarcation of cadastral parcel boundaries”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˩ zəːj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪj˧˨ jəːj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɪj˨˩˦ jəːj˦˥]

Noun

chỉ giới

  1. (formal, especially in civil engineering) a boundary; limit
    Chỉ giới đường đỏ ― The Red Line Boundary
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