ngũ âm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 五音, composed of 五 (“five”) and 音 (“sound”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ ʔəm˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ ʔəm˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ ʔəm˧˧]

Noun

ngũ âm

  1. the five notes cung, thương, giốc, chủy, vũ of the classic pentatonic scale[1]

References

  1. ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995) “ngũ-âm”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 383
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