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Bắc Kì
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bački
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
vi Bắc Kỳ
vi Bắc-kỳ
Etymology
北圻. Attested as early as in 1830.vi Giáo dục và thời đại Education & Times Lê Tiên Long 6 November 2023 Danh xưng Nam kỳ ra đời từ khi nào? https://giaoducthoidai.vn/danh-xung-nam-ky-ra-doi-tu-khi-nao-post660040.html https://web.archive.org/web/20250427022453/https://giaoducthoidai.vn/danh-xung-nam-ky-ra-doi-tu-khi-nao-post660040.html 27 April 2025 The administrative division was created in 1834;vi vi Báo Thanh Niên Thanh Niên Thanh Niên Young People 11 February 2022 Lê Công Sơn Nguyễn Quang Diệu Nguồn gốc của danh xưng Bắc kỳ và Nam kỳ là từ… vua Minh Mạng https://thanhnien.vn/nguon-goc-cua-danh-xung-bac-ky-va-nam-ky-la-tu-vua-minh-mang-1851428540.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20260107065339/https://thanhnien.vn/nguon-goc-cua-danh-xung-bac-ky-va-nam-ky-la-tu-vua-minh-mang-1851428540.htm 7 January 2026 the French protectorate was established in Treaty of Huế (1883) 1883. Cổng thông tin điện tử Thừa Thiên Huế Công cuộc chống Pháp, bảo vệ độc lập dân tộc ở Thừa Thiên Huế 2005 https://thuathienhue.gov.vn/vi-vn/Thong-tin-du-dia-chi/tid/Cong-cuoc-chong-Phap-bao-ve-doc-lap-dan-toc-o-Thua-Thien-Hue-1883-%E2%80%93-1885/newsid/2CC53DEC-4155-4ACA-BC5A-FA8D70F4FCDB/cid/0381654F-3642-42AA-8235-EC47C1374ECE
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bắc Kì
vi history one of the administrative division of Nguyễn dynasty Đại Nam
vi Bắc Bộ
vi history Tonkin, Tonkin (French protectorate) French protectorate of Tonkin
vi Sách Hiếm Rare Books Hoàng Tùng 2010 Bí Mật Hồ Chí Minh The Mystery of Hồ Chí Minh https://sachhiem.net/LICHSU/H/HoangTung3.php Đại diện cho Bắc Kì là Trịnh Đình Cửu và Nguyễn Đức Cảnh. Trịnh Đình Cửu and Nguyễn Đức Cảnh represented Tonkin. https://web.archive.org/web/20250629194000/https://sachhiem.net/LICHSU/H/HoangTung3.php 29 June 2025
Adjective
Bắc Kì
vi historical Tonkinese pertaining to Tonkin (French protectorate) the French protectorate of Tonkin
vi derogatory offensive Northern Vietnamese
Usage notes
Outside of Vietnamese historiographical context, this term is commonly used by Southern Vietnamese supremacists (vi thượng đẳng) or chauvinists (vi sô-vanh), oftentimes due to cultural divides or perceived stereotypes.
It may be interpreted as an anti-communist dog whistle, chiefly used by sympathizers of the former Republic of Vietnam, who are mostly Southerners, in some circles.
Coordinate terms
vi Trung Kì Nam Kì Tả Kì Hữu Kì
References
vi France Vietnam