Bắc Đẩu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 北斗, composed of 北 (“northern”) and 斗 (“dipper”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓak̚˧˦ ʔɗəw˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˧˥ ʔɗəw˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˥ ʔɗəw˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Bắc Đẩu

  1. the god who records all human deaths
    Coordinate term: Nam Tào
    Bắc Đẩu Tinh quân
    Lord Northern Dipper
  2. the Big Dipper
    Coordinate term: Nam Đẩu
    Bắc Đẩu Thất Tinh
    the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.