chiền chiện

Vietnamese

Etymology

Reduplication of chiện.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiən˨˩ t͡ɕiən˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiəŋ˦˩ t͡ɕiəŋ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ciəŋ˨˩ ciəŋ˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier con) chiền chiện • (蹍𪁃)

  1. (chim ～) bird of the passerine family Cisticolidae
  • chà chiện (“Mongolian lark”)
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