san hô

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Vietnamese

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 san hô on Vietnamese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Vietnamese ſan hô, a Sino-Vietnamese word from 珊瑚, composed of and .

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saːn˧˧ ho˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧ how˧˧] ~ [saːŋ˧˧ how˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧ how˧˧] ~ [saːŋ˧˧ how˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)

Noun

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san

  1. coral (colony)
  2. coral (substance)