Vietnamese
Etymology
điện thoại (“telephone”) + công cộng (“public”)
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗiən˧˨ʔ tʰwaːj˧˨ʔ kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗiəŋ˨˩ʔ tʰwaːj˨˩ʔ kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗiəŋ˨˩˨ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩˨ kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwŋ͡m˨˩˨]
Noun
điện thoại công cộng • (電話公共)
- (telephony) a privately owned dial-up phone that you would pay the owner to use back when phones weren't commonly owned, or a payphone
