đại lục
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 大陸 (“continent”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ lʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ lʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ lʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]
Noun
- (rare) a continent, perhaps the same as either châu lục (“geopolitical continent”) or lục địa (“geographical continent”)
- Clipping of Trung Quốc đại lục (“mainland China”).