viễn xứ

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 遠處, composed of 遠 (“far, distant”) and 處 (“place, location”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viən˦ˀ˥ sɨ˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [viəŋ˧˨ sɨ˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [viəŋ˨˩˦ sɨ˦˥] ~ [jiəŋ˨˩˦ sɨ˦˥]

Noun[edit]

viễn xứ

(literary) a distant place
người viễn xứ ― person from a far away land

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