cầu vồng

Vietnamese

Etymology

cầu (“bridge”) +‎ vồng (non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 虹 (“rainbow”, SV: hồng))

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəw˨˩ vəwŋ͡m˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəw˦˩ vəwŋ͡m˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəw˨˩ vəwŋ͡m˨˩] ~ [kəw˨˩ jəwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

(classifier cái, cây) cầu vồng • (橋虹)

  1. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
    Synonym: lẹm (Huế)
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