nam thanh nữ tú

Vietnamese

Etymology

Blend of nam (“male”) +‎ nữ (“female”) + Chinese 清秀 (thanh tú, “delicate and pretty”)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ tʰajŋ̟˧˧ nɨ˦ˀ˥ tu˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ tʰɛɲ˧˧ nɨ˧˨ tʊw˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧ tʰan˧˧ nɨ˨˩˦ tʊw˦˥]

Noun

nam thanh nữ tú • (男清女秀)

  1. (collective) young, healthy, robust people
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.