Trung Quốc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Trung (“middle”) +‎ Quốc (“country”).

Sino-Vietnamese word from 中國.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kuək̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kuək̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kuək̚˦˥]

Proper noun

Trung Quốc

China
(archaic) the self-denomination of Vietnam during Nguyễn dynasty independence period (19^th century).[1]

Adjective

Trung Quốc

Chinese

See also

References

Woodside, Alexander (1988) Vietnam and the Chinese model: a comparative study of Vietnamese and Chinese government in the first half of the nineteenth century, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 18

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