bán đảo

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 半島, composed of 半 (“half-”) and 島 (“island”), Japanese 半島 (hantō) which is calqued from Dutch halfeiland (literally “halfisland”), equivalent to bán- (“half-”) +‎ đảo (“island”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːn˧˦ ʔɗaːw˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˦˧˥ ʔɗaːw˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˦˥ ʔɗaːw˨˩˦]

Noun

bán đảo

a peninsula

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