dịch vị

Vietnamese

Etymology

dịch (“liquid”) +‎ vị (“stomach”), calque of Chinese 胃液 (vị dịch), following the head-initial structure of Vietnamese, instead of head-final in the original language.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zïk̟̚˧˨ʔ vi˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jɨt̚˨˩ʔ vɪj˨˩ʔ]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jɨt̚˨˩˨ vɪj˨˩˨] ~ [jɨt̚˨˩˨ jɪj˨˩˨]

Noun

dịch vị

  1. gastric fluid, gastric juice
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