đại bác

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 大礮, composed of 大 and 礮. The reading bác is a misreading, influenced by 駮 (SV: bác), the phonetic component of 礮. Regular Sino-Vietnamese is đại pháo (大炮).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɗaːj˧˨ʔ ɓaːk̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɗaːj˨˩ʔ ɓaːk̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɗaːj˨˩˨ ɓaːk̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier khẩu) đại bác

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