bá bệnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 百病 (“all diseases/every illness”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˦ ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩˦ ʔɓen˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˦˥ ʔɓəːn˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) bá bệnh

1. long jack (a shrub of the species Eurycoma longifolia in the family Simaroubaceae)

   Synonym: mật nhân