đô thị

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 都市.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗo˧˧ tʰi˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗow˧˧ tʰɪj˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗow˧˧ tʰɪj˨˩˨]

Noun

(urban studies) a city, particularly an administrative division or urban area with a particular or designated size, population and wealth; in Vietnam, a đô thị simply refers to provincial capitals or thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương, while a khu đô thị refers to technological hubs full of high-income earners and corporate/apartment buildings
quy hoạch đô thị
urban planning

khu đô thị
an urban area with specially planned and built residential and facility compounds

Derived terms

Derived terms

đô thị hoá

See also

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