biên phòng

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 邊防

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiən˧˧ fawŋ͡m˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ fawŋ͡m˦˩] ~ [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ fɔŋ˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˧ fawŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

biên phòng

Short for bộ đội biên phòng (“border patrol”).

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Vietnamese nouns without classifiers