hưởng dương

Vietnamese

Etymology

From hưởng +‎ dương thọ. Analyzable as Sino-Vietnamese word from 享 (“to enjoy”) and 陽 (“yang”). Literally, “to enjoy one's longevity on the world of the living”.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hɨəŋ˧˩ zɨəŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hɨəŋ˧˨ jɨəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [hɨəŋ˨˩˦ jɨəŋ˧˧]

Verb

hưởng dương

  1. (often of people who died young) enjoying the age of ... at death
    Chị ... sinh năm 1980, hưởng dương 25 tuổi. ― Miss ... was born in 1980, enjoying the age of 25 at death.
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