đàn bầu

See also: dan bau

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 彈匏 (SV: đàn bào).

Compound of đàn (“a classifier designating string instruments”) +‎ bầu (“gourd; the instrument formerly had a resonator made from a dried gourd”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːn˨˩ ʔɓəw˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːŋ˦˩ ʔɓəw˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːŋ˨˩ ʔɓəw˨˩]

Noun

đàn bầu

  1. dan bau
    Synonym: độc huyền cầm

See also

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