du nhập
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 遊入, composed of 遊 (“to travel”) and 入 (“to enter”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zu˧˧ ɲəp̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jʊw˧˧ ɲəp̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [jʊw˧˧ ɲəp̚˨˩˨]
Verb
edit- (of a culture) to import, adopt or borrow an idea, ideology, mode of thought, practice, word, expression, etc. from another culture; compare nhập khẩu (“to import goods or cargo”)