áo Nhật Bình
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Vietnamese
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]áo (“garment”) + Chinese 日 (“sun; day”) + 平 (“flat; even”), in reference to the rectangular collar. Compare hình chữ nhật (“rectangle”, literally “a shape that looks like the character 日”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaːw˧˦ ɲət̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓïŋ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaːw˨˩˦ ɲək̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓɨn˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaːw˦˥ ɲək̚˨˩˨ ʔɓɨn˨˩]
Noun
[edit]- (clothing) a kind of dress traditional to Vietnam and previously worn by royalty
Descendants
[edit]- → Chinese: 日平衣 (calque)