Kinh Đô
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 京都, from Japanese 京都 (Kyōto).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kïŋ˧˧ ʔɗo˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˧˧]
- Homophone: kinh đô
Proper noun
- (rare, literary) Synonym of Ki-ô-tô (“Kyoto”)
- Matsuo Bashō's haiku, translated by Đoàn Lê Giang:
- Chim đỗ quyên hót
ở Kinh đô
mà nhớ Kinh đô.- even in Kyoto
hearing the cuckoo's cry
I long for Kyoto. - (literally, “The cuckoo's singing
here in Kyoto
I long for Kyoto.”)
- even in Kyoto
- Matsuo Bashō's haiku, translated by Đoàn Lê Giang:
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