ru hời

Vietnamese

Etymology

From ru (“to lull with cradlesong”) +‎ hời (possibly non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 孩 (“to regard as a child; to have affection for”, SV: hài)).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zu˧˧ həːj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐʊw˧˧ həːj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹʊw˧˧ həːj˨˩]

Noun

ru hời

  1. (collective, literary) lullaby; cradlesong
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