tay kiếm

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === tay ("hand; man") + kiếm ("sword"). Similar to Chinese 手 (shǒu, “hand”), the "tay" pattern is also used on tay súng (“gunner”), tay bắn tỉa (“sniper”) and tay trong (“insider, spy”), referring to a practitioner or an expert of some field. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taj˧˧ kiəm˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [taj˧˧ kiəm˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ta(ː)j˧˧ kim˦˥] === Noun === tay kiếm swordsman ==== Synonyms ==== kiếm sĩ