đăng kí
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- đăng ký
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 登記 (“to register”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˧ ki˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˧ kɪj˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˧ kɪj˦˥]
Verb
đăng kí
- to register (to enter into a register)
- to enroll
Usage notes
The word đăng kí has negative connotations among Overseas Vietnamese communities, as the word is associated with reeducation camp forced registration drives following the Vietnam War.[1] An alternative is ghi danh.
Synonyms
- (to register): ghi danh
- (to enroll): ghi danh
References
- Pratt, Timothy (2012-10-18), “More Asian Immigrants Are Finding Ballots in Their Native Tongue”, in The New York Times, The New York Times Company, retrieved 2013-10-08