diện kiến

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 面 and 見.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ziən˧˨ʔ kiən˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jiəŋ˨˩ʔ kiəŋ˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [jiəŋ˨˩˨ kiəŋ˦˥]

Verb

diện kiến

(literary, historical) to attend an audience
diện kiến quốc vương ― to meet the ruling monarch

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Sino-Vietnamese words with uncreated Han etymology