nhà chọc trời

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Vietnamese

Etymology

nhà (“building”) +‎ chọc (“to poke through”) +‎ trời (“sky”), calque of English skyscraper

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲaː˨˩ t͡ɕawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕəːj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲaː˦˩ t͡ɕawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ ʈəːj˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɲaː˨˩ cawk͡p̚˨˩˨ ʈəːj˨˩]

Noun

(classifier toà) nhà chọc trời

a skyscraper

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