tiếng phổ thông
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
tiếng (“language; dialect; speech”) + phổ thông (“common”), calque of Mandarin 普通話/普通话 (pǔtōnghuà, phổ thông thoại).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˧˦ fo˧˩ tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˧˥ fow˧˨ tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˥ fow˨˩˦ tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]
Proper noun[edit]
- (rare) the northern Vietnamese dialect that is considered "standard", popular among officials, news anchors and pop singers
- Putonghua; Standard Chinese