nanh vuốt
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]nanh (“fangs”) + vuốt (“claws”). The henchman sense is a calque of Chinese 爪牙 (trảo nha).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [najŋ̟˧˧ vuət̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [nɛɲ˧˧ vuək̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [nan˧˧ vuək̚˦˥] ~ [nan˧˧ juək̚˦˥] invalid IPA characters (][)