dịch vị

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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dịch (liquid) +‎ vị (stomach), calque of Chinese 胃液 (vị dịch), following the head-initial structure of Vietnamese, instead of head-final in the original language.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dịch vị

  1. gastric fluid, gastric juice