quy tụ

See also: quý tử

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 歸 (“to return”) and 聚 (“to gather”).

Coined by Hoàng Xuân Hãn in Danh-từ Khoa-học (Vocabulaire Scientifique, 1942) as an equivalent of French converger.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwi˧˧ tu˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwɪj˧˧ tʊw˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [wɪj˧˧ tʊw˨˩˨]

Verb

quy tụ

  1. to collect or gather in one place
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