phượng hoàng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• phụng hoàng

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鳳凰 (“fenghuang”). Compare phụng hoàng.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [fɨəŋ˧˨ʔ hwaːŋ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [fɨəŋ˨˩ʔ hwaːŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [fɨəŋ˨˩˨ waːŋ˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) phượng hoàng

1. (Chinese mythology) a fenghuang
2. (by extension, mythology) a phoenix

   Hội Phượng Hoàng ― The Order of the Phoenix