phượng hoàng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鳳凰 (“fenghuang”). Compare phụng hoàng.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fɨəŋ˧˨ʔ hwaːŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [fɨəŋ˨˩ʔ hwaːŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [fɨəŋ˨˩˨ waːŋ˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) phượng hoàng

  1. (Chinese mythology) a fenghuang
  2. (by extension, mythology) a phoenix
    Hội Phượng Hoàng ― The Order of the Phoenix
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