xứ

See also: xu, Xu, xù, xú, xū, xǔ, xử, and ǃXũ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 處.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɨ˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [sɨ˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [sɨ˦˥]

Noun

xứ

(literary) a land (country or region)
xứ người
a foreign land; foreign soil

tứ xứ
everywhere
(literally, “four lands; lands to all four cardinal directions”)

Derived terms

giáo xứ (“parish”)

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