biên giới

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 邊界, composed of 邊 (“edge”) and 界 (“boundary”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiən˧˧ zəːj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ jəːj˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ jəːj˦˥]

Noun

biên giới

1. a frontier (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)

See also

• địa giới
• biên phòng
• biên cương