vượt biên

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === vượt (“to cross, to pass”) +‎ biên (“border, frontier”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vɨət̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓiən˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [vɨək̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓiəŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [vɨək̚˨˩˨ ʔɓiəŋ˧˧] ~ [jɨək̚˨˩˨ ʔɓiəŋ˧˧] === Verb === vượt biên • (𨅿邊) to cross the border or frontier (figuratively) to emigrate as refugees === References === Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “vượt biên”, in Việt–Anh‎[1] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024