nội tỉnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

nội- (“inside”) +‎ tỉnh (“province”). An apparent "Sino-Vietnamese" construction that is syntactically ill-formed per Classical Chinese, since it implies "inner province" rather than "inside a province", but, however, aligns with the grammatical Vietnamese construction trong tỉnh. A well-formed Sino-Vietnamese construction would be *tỉnh nội. Compare Japanese 省内 (shōnai, tỉnh nội, “inside the ministry in question”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [noj˧˨ʔ tïŋ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [noj˨˩ʔ tɨn˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [noj˨˩˨ tɨn˨˩˦]

Adverb

nội tỉnh

1. within the borders of a Vietnamese province

   gọi nội tỉnh ― to make an in-province call

See also

• nội thành
• liên tỉnh