phiếm chỉ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 泛指 (“to refer generally”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fiəm˧˦ t͡ɕi˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [fiəm˦˧˥ t͡ɕɪj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [fim˦˥ cɪj˨˩˦]

Verb

phiếm chỉ

  1. to refer generally; to imply nonspecifically; to make a blanket statement

Noun

phiếm chỉ

  1. a general reference; allusion; generalization
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