du nhập

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 遊入, composed of 遊 (“to travel”) and 入 (“to enter”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zu˧˧ ɲəp̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jʊw˧˧ ɲəp̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jʊw˧˧ ɲəp̚˨˩˨]

Verb

du nhập

1. (of a culture) to import, adopt or borrow an idea, ideology, mode of thought, practice, word, expression, etc. from another culture; compare nhập khẩu (“to import goods or cargo”)