Chủ nhật

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 主日 (“Lord's Day”), from Chinese 主 (“master; lord”) + 日 (“the sun; day”). Compare Portuguese domingo (“Sunday”, noun) from Latin dominicus (“of the Lord”, adjective), and French dimanche (“Sunday”) from Latin diēs Dominicus (“Sunday”, literally “Lord's Day”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu˧˩ ɲət̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊw˧˨ ɲək̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cʊw˨˩˦ ɲək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

Chủ nhật

1. Sunday

   Chủ nhật cả nhà đều vui vì bé ngoan suốt tuần.

   The whole family rejoices on Sunday as kiddo's been nice this whole week.