lầu xanh

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Vietnamese

Etymology

lầu (“multistory building”) +‎ xanh (“grue”), calque of Chinese 青樓／青楼 (thanh lâu).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ləw˨˩ sajŋ̟˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ləw˦˩ sɛɲ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ləw˨˩ san˧˧]

Noun

(history, literary) a brothel

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