quân sự

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 軍事 (“military affairs”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwən˧˧ sɨ˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwəŋ˧˧ ʂɨ˨˩ʔ] ~ [kwəŋ˧˧ sɨ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [wəŋ˧˧ ʂɨ˨˩˨] ~ [wəŋ˧˧ sɨ˨˩˨]

Adjective

quân sự

  1. (military) military

Noun

quân sự

  1. (colloquial, education, communism) synonym of giáo dục quốc phòng (“national defense education”)
    Sinh viên nào cũng phải đi học quân sự một tháng.
    Every [college] student has to go through one month of national defense education.
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