quy tụ

See also: quý tử

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• qui tụ

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 歸 (“to return”) and 聚 (“to gather”).

Coined by Hoàng Xuân Hãn in Danh-từ Khoa-học (Vocabulaire Scientifique, 1942) as an equivalent of French converger.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwi˧˧ tu˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kwɪj˧˧ tʊw˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [wɪj˧˧ tʊw˨˩˨]

Verb

quy tụ

1. to collect or gather in one place