nội tỉnh

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === nội- (“inside”) +‎ tỉnh (“province”). An apparent "Sino-Vietnamese" construction that is syntactically ill-formed per Classical Chinese, since it implies "inner province" rather than "inside a province", but, however, aligns with the grammatical Vietnamese construction trong tỉnh. A well-formed Sino-Vietnamese construction would be *tỉnh nội. Compare Japanese 省内 (shōnai, tỉnh nội, “inside the ministry in question”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [noj˧˨ʔ tïŋ˧˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [noj˨˩ʔ tɨn˧˨] (Saigon) IPA(key): [noj˨˩˨ tɨn˨˩˦] === Adverb === nội tỉnh within the borders of a Vietnamese province gọi nội tỉnh ― to make an in-province call === See also === nội thành liên tỉnh