bụi hồng

Vietnamese

Etymology

bụi +‎ hồng. Calque of Chinese 紅塵／红尘 (hồng trần, literally “red dust”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˧˨ʔ həwŋ͡m˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˨˩ʔ həwŋ͡m˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˨˩˨ həwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

bụi hồng

1. (archaic, literary) red dust
2. (figurative) this world; vanity of vanities