Where does “binh nhì” come from?

binh nhì (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nhị, from Chinese 兒 — "a common noun marker in northern Chinese...

binh nhì (Vietnamese): a private second class

Definitions

  1. a private second class

Ancestry of “binh nhì”, step by step

binh nhì traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nhị

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhịtwo; "Erhu", two-string Chinese violin; a stamen
2Chinese兒"a common noun marker in northern Chinese...

via Vietnamese Bình

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseBình—
2Middle Chinese平—
Every word from Chinese 兒 →Every word from Vietnamese nhị →