đại tá
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 大佐, from Japanese 大佐 (“colonel of the army or air force; captain of the navy”)
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ taː˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ taː˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ taː˦˥]
Noun
- (military, army) senior colonel
- (military, navy, coast guard) commodore