biền ngẫu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from and .

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˨˩ ŋəw˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˦˩ ŋəw˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˨˩ ŋəw˨˩˦]

Adjective

biền ngẫu

  1. pianwen; a rhythmical prose style characterized by parallelism and ornateness