đế quốc
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗe˧˦ kuək̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˨˩˦ kuək̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˦˥ wək̚˦˥]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 帝國, composed of 帝 (“emperor”) and 國 (“state”).
Noun
- an empire
See also
Etymology 2
Short for chủ nghĩa đế quốc (“imperialism”).
Noun
- (only in compounds, collective, history) imperialists
- bọn đế quốc
- imperialist dogs
- Đế quốc Mĩ
- American imperialists