hoa tay
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hoa (“flower”) + tay (“hand”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hwaː˧˧ taj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hwaː˧˧ taj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [waː˧˧ ta(ː)j˧˧]
Noun
[edit]- dexterity, deftness
- Người có hoa tay ― Dextrous / deft person; literally, “person who possesses dexterity / deftness”
- c. 1990s, Đậu Kinh Luân (lyrics and music), “Hoa Tay (‘Deftness’)”; 1995 performance by the Singers and Dancers of the Children's House of Ho Chi Minh City
- Mẹ nói, mẹ cuời, mẹ nói rằng: “Ai hay vẽ rồi sẽ vẽ hay.”
Mẹ nói, mẹ cuời, mẹ nói rằng: “Vẽ hay thì sẽ có hoa tay.”- Mom laughs and says: “Whoever draws often will draw well.”
Mom laughs and says: “Whoever draws well will have deftness.”
- Mom laughs and says: “Whoever draws often will draw well.”