máy bay lên thẳng

Vietnamese

Etymology

máy bay (“aircraft, airplane”) +‎ lên (“to go up, to rise”) +‎ thẳng (“straight”). Calque of Chinese 直升機 (“helicopter”, literally “straight-rising airplane”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maj˧˦ ɓaj˧˧ len˧˧ tʰaŋ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [maj˨˩˦ ɓaj˧˧ len˧˧ tʰaŋ˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [maj˦˥ ɓaj˧˧ ləːn˧˧ tʰaŋ˨˩˦]

Noun

máy bay lên thẳng

  1. helicopter

Synonyms

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