đơn vị

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 單位, misreading of đan vị. Borrowed from Japanese 単位 (tan'i), from Middle Chinese 單位 (tan hwijH).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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đơn vị

  1. unit (part of whole)
    danh từ chỉ đơn vịclassifier; counter; measure word
  2. unit (organisation, establishment, enterprise, place of employment, administrative unit, etc.)
  3. Short for đơn vị đo lường (unit of measure).