đại hồng thuỷ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• đại hồng thủy

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 大洪水, composed of 大 (“great”) and 洪水 (“flood”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ həwŋ͡m˨˩ tʰwi˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ həwŋ͡m˦˩ tʰwɪj˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ həwŋ͡m˨˩ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier trận, cơn) đại hồng thuỷ

1. (biblical) a great flood (a flood that wipes out life on Earth as God's means of cleansing)