cái ngàn vàng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • cái nghìn vàng

Etymology

cái (“thing”) +‎ ngàn (“thousand”) +‎ vàng (“gold”), calque of Chinese 千金 (thiên kim, literally “thousand gold”) or 千金軀 / 千金躯 (thiên kim khu, literally “thousand-gold body”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːj˧˦ ŋaːn˨˩ vaːŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːj˨˩˦ ŋaːŋ˦˩ vaːŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːj˦˥ ŋaːŋ˨˩ vaːŋ˨˩] ~ [kaːj˦˥ ŋaːŋ˨˩ jaːŋ˨˩]

Noun

cái ngàn vàng

  1. (literary, of a woman) virginity

See also

  • thiên kim tiểu thư
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