địa cấp thị

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 地級市 (“prefecture-level city”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiə˧˨ʔ kəp̚˧˦ tʰi˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiə˨˩ʔ kəp̚˦˧˥ tʰɪj˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiə˨˩˨ kəp̚˦˥ tʰɪj˨˩˨]

Noun

địa cấp thị

1. prefecture-level city, an administrative division of China immediately below the province level