nhà nước
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editCalque of Chinese 國家/国家 (quốc gia, literally “country and house(hold)”), from nhà (“house; household”) + nước (“water; country”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲaː˨˩ nɨək̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲaː˦˩ nɨək̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɲaː˨˩ nɨək̚˦˥]
Nomen
edit- (only in the official names of certain countries) a state
- a government
- nhà nước của dân, do dân, vì dân
- the government of the people, by the people, for the people