gà đẻ trứng vàng

Vietnamese

Etymology

gà (“chicken”) +‎ đẻ (“to lay”) +‎ trứng (“egg”) +‎ vàng (“yellow”). Literally, “chicken lays golden eggs”.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣaː˨˩ ʔɗɛ˧˩ t͡ɕɨŋ˧˦ vaːŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣaː˦˩ ʔɗɛ˧˨ ʈɨŋ˦˧˥ vaːŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣaː˨˩ ʔɗɛ˨˩˦ ʈɨŋ˦˥ vaːŋ˨˩] ~ [ɣaː˨˩ ʔɗɛ˨˩˦ ʈɨŋ˦˥ jaːŋ˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) gà đẻ trứng vàng

  1. (figurative) a golden goose
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