xuất chinh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 出征 (to go out to battle).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [swət̚˧˦ t͡ɕïŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [swək̚˦˧˥ t͡ɕɨn˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [s⁽ʷ⁾ək̚˦˥ cɨn˧˧]

Verb

xuất chinh

  1. (literary, rare, military) to go on an expedition; to head out to battle; to go to the battlefront