thông lệ

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 通例 (“general rule”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ le˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ lej˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ lej˨˩˨]

Noun

thông lệ

(formal or dated) general rule; common practice; customary behavior

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Vietnamese nouns without classifiers