bá bệnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 百病 (all diseases/every illness).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˦ ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩˦ ʔɓen˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˦˥ ʔɓəːn˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) bệnh

  1. long jack (a shrub of the species Eurycoma longifolia in the family Simaroubaceae)
    Synonym: mật nhân