kẻ chợ

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Vietnamese

Etymology

kẻ (“(northern) village”) +‎ chợ (“market”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɛ˧˩ t͡ɕəː˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɛ˧˨ t͡ɕəː˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɛ˨˩˦ cəː˨˩˨]

Noun

(literal) see kẻ and chợ
an urban area (but often not as developed as a modern city)

See also

Kẻ Chợ (“Hanoi”)

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Vietnamese nouns without classifiers