máy bay lên thẳng

Vietnamese

Etymology

máy bay (“aircraft, airplane”) +‎ lên (“to go up, to rise”) +‎ thẳng (“straight”), calque of Chinese 直升機 (zhíshēngjī, “helicopter”, literally “straight-rising airplane”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maj˧˦ ʔɓaj˧˧ len˧˧ tʰaŋ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [maj˨˩˦ ʔɓaj˧˧ len˧˧ tʰaŋ˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ma(ː)j˦˥ ʔɓa(ː)j˧˧ ləːn˧˧ tʰaŋ˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier chiếc) máy bay lên thẳng

  1. helicopter
    Synonyms: máy bay trực thăng, trực thăng
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