nhân sư

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 人 (“human”) and 獅 (“lion”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲən˧˧ sɨ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲəŋ˧˧ ʂɨ˧˧] ~ [ɲəŋ˧˧ sɨ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɲəŋ˧˧ ʂɨ˧˧] ~ [ɲəŋ˧˧ sɨ˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) nhân sư

  1. (mythology) sphinx
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