vật tư
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Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vət̚˧˨ʔ tɨ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vək̚˨˩ʔ tɨ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [vək̚˨˩˨ tɨ˧˧] ~ [jək̚˨˩˨ tɨ˧˧]
Etymology 1
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 物資, composed of 物 (“item, object, thing”) and 資.
Noun
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]vật + tư, calque of Chinese 私物 (tư vật). Probably also a reanalysis of the etymology above.