đới

See also: Appendix:Variations of "doi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 帶 (“belt; zone”, SV: đái), probably partially to avoid the homophonous đái (“to piss”). Compare giới (dated/rare reading giái) and dái (“testicles”), Phần Lan (“Finland”) and phân (“faeces”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəːj˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəːj˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəːj˦˥]

Noun

đới

(geography) geographical zone (of the Earth)

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