thế giới

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) thế giái

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 世界, composed of 世 (“lifetime; time”) and 界 (“boundary; space”), from Buddhist Literary Chinese 世界 (“realm; domain; universe; reality”, literally “time and space”). Compare vũ trụ.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰe˧˦ zəːj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰej˨˩˦ jəːj˨˩˦]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰej˦˥ jəːj˦˥]
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Noun

thế giới

  1. the world; the globe
    thế giới bên kia ― the otherworld
  2. (in shop names) a store or shop that specializes on only one kind of goods
    thế giới đồng hồ ― clock and watch center

Derived terms

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