dịch vị

Vietnamese

Etymology

dịch (“liquid”) +‎ vị (“stomach”), calque of Chinese 胃液 (vị dịch), following the head-initial structure of Vietnamese, instead of head-final in the original language.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zïk̟̚˧˨ʔ vi˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɨt̚˨˩ʔ vɪj˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jɨt̚˨˩˨ vɪj˨˩˨] ~ [jɨt̚˨˩˨ jɪj˨˩˨]

Noun

dịch vị

1. gastric fluid, gastric juice