Save Type Country & Region Usage Vietnamese Scripts 中非(Vietnamese Chữ Nôm) Pronounced Pron. CHUWNGM-FEE, TUWNGM-FEE [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Sino-Vietnamese 中非 (Trung Phi), itself from Chinese 中非 (zhōngfēi). This is the Vietnamese name for the subregion of Central Africa as well as the Central African Republic (the country).