thế giới thứ ba

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰe˧˦ zəːj˧˦ tʰɨ˧˦ ʔɓaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰej˨˩˦ jəːj˨˩˦ tʰɨ˨˩˦ ʔɓaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰej˦˥ jəːj˦˥ tʰɨ˦˥ ʔɓaː˧˧]

Etymology 1

thế giới +‎ thứ ba. Early attestations dated from the early 1960s, then apparently calque of French le tiers monde, used in the "countries not aligned with the west or the east" sense.

In the "developing countries" sense, probably calque of English Third World.

Noun

thế giới thứ ba

  1. the Third World (countries not aligned with the west or the east during the Cold War)
  2. the Third World (developing countries)

Etymology 2

thế giới +‎ thứ ba.

Noun

thế giới thứ ba

  1. (colloquial) non-binary people
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