nhà chọc trời

Vietnamese

Etymology

nhà (“building”) +‎ chọc (“to poke through”) +‎ trời (“sky”), calque of English skyscraper

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲaː˨˩ t͡ɕawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕəːj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲaː˦˩ t͡ɕawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ ʈəːj˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɲaː˨˩ cawk͡p̚˨˩˨ ʈəːj˨˩]

Noun

(classifier toà) nhà chọc trời

  1. a skyscraper
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