chỉ giới

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 指界 (“the demarcation of cadastral parcel boundaries”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi˧˩ zəːj˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪj˧˨ jəːj˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cɪj˨˩˦ jəːj˦˥]

Noun

chỉ giới

(formal, especially in civil engineering) a boundary; limit
Chỉ giới đường đỏ ― The Red Line Boundary

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