noun
Sino-Vietnamese word; Vietnamese word of Chinese origin
Linguistic term referring to Vietnamese vocabulary borrowed from Chinese, analogous to Sino-Japanese (漢語) or Sino-Korean (漢字語).
ベトナム語の語彙の多くは漢越語から来ている。
Much of Vietnamese vocabulary comes from Sino-Vietnamese words.
漢字語 is a broader term for words of Chinese origin in any language, but often used for Sino-Korean; 漢越語 is the specific term for Vietnamese.
Compound of 漢 (kan, 'Chinese') + 越 (etsu, abbreviation for 越南, 'Vietnam') + 語 (go, 'language, word').