song thân

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 雙親, composed of (both) and (parent)

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧] ~ [sɔŋ˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧] ~ [sawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧]

Noun

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song thân

  1. (literary, collective) one's parents, as in their mother and father