chiếm lĩnh

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (Southern Vietnam) chiếm lãnh

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 佔領 (“to occupy”), with the Northern reading of the second character.

Currently the widespread form.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiəm˧˦ lïŋ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiəm˦˧˥ lɨn˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cim˦˥ lɨn˨˩˦]

Verb

chiếm lĩnh

  1. to capture; to occupy; to hold
  2. to dominate; to control
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