áo Nhật Bình

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • áo Nhật bình

Etymology

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

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaːw˧˦ ɲət̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓïŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaːw˨˩˦ ɲək̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓɨn˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaːw˦˥ ɲək̚˨˩˨ ʔɓɨn˨˩]

Noun

áo Nhật Bình

  1. (clothing) a kind of dress traditional to Vietnam and previously worn by royalty

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 日平衣 (calque)
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