vượt biên

Vietnamese

Etymology

vượt (“to cross, to pass”) +‎ biên (“border, frontier”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɨət̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓiən˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vɨək̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓiəŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɨək̚˨˩˨ ʔɓiəŋ˧˧] ~ [jɨək̚˨˩˨ ʔɓiəŋ˧˧]

Verb

vượt biên

to cross the border
(figuratively) to escape over the border

References

"vượt biên" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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