xứ sở

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 處所 (“place”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sɨ˧˦ səː˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [sɨ˨˩˦ ʂəː˧˨] ~ [sɨ˨˩˦ səː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [sɨ˦˥ ʂəː˨˩˦] ~ [sɨ˦˥ səː˨˩˦]

Noun

xứ sở

  1. (literary) a country; a land
    quê hương xứ sở ― your birth country
    Tourloublanc phiêu lưu đến xứ sở màu sắc.
    Tourloublanc goes on an adventure to the land of colors.
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