đề kháng
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗe˨˩ xaːŋ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˦˩ kʰaːŋ˦˧˥] ~ [ʔɗej˦˩ xaːŋ˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˨˩ kʰaːŋ˦˥] ~ [ʔɗej˨˩ xaːŋ˦˥]
Verb
[edit]- (pathology) to resist (against antigens)
- sức đề kháng
- resistance against antigens, or more broadly, immunity in general