râm bụt

Vietnamese

Etymology

râm (“shady”) +‎ Bụt (“Buddha”), roughly "to provide shades for the Buddha", due to the similar shape of the hibiscus flower to the traditional lọng.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zəm˧˧ ʔɓut̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐəm˧˧ ʔɓʊk̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹəm˧˧ ʔɓʊk͡p̚˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier cây, bông, hoa) râm bụt

  1. a flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus, especially the Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
    Synonyms: dâm bụt, bông bụp, cẩn, bông lồng đèn, mộc cận, chu cận, đại hồng hoa, phù tang, phật tang
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