giếng trời

Vietnamese

Etymology

From giếng (“well”) +‎ trời (“sky”). Compare Chinese 天井 (tiānjǐng, “atrium”, literally “sky well”), Japanese 天井 (tenjō, “ceiling”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ziəŋ˧˦ t͡ɕəːj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jiəŋ˦˧˥ ʈəːj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jiəŋ˦˥ ʈəːj˨˩]

Noun

(classifier cái) giếng trời

  1. (architecture) an atrium
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