đề kháng
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 抵抗 (SV: để kháng), probably via confusion with đề (提, “to guard against”), as in đề phòng (提防, “to take precautions against”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗe˨˩ xaːŋ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˦˩ kʰaːŋ˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˨˩ kʰaːŋ˦˥] ~ [ʔɗej˨˩ xaːŋ˦˥]
Verb
đề kháng
- to resist (invasion, attack, disease, etc.)