địa đạo

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 地道 (“tunnel”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiə˧˨ʔ ʔɗaːw˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiə˨˩ʔ ʔɗaːw˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiə˨˩˨ ʔɗaːw˨˩˨]

Noun

địa đạo

an underground tunnel/passage, or a network of such tunnels/passages
địa đạo Củ Chi
the Củ Chi underground tunnels

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