súng hoả mai

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

súng (gun) +‎ hoả mai (fuse); the second element is obsolete in its original meaning.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sʊwŋ͡m˧˦ hwaː˧˩ maːj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂʊwŋ͡m˦˧˥ hwaː˧˨ maːj˧˧] ~ [sʊwŋ͡m˦˧˥ hwaː˧˨ maːj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂʊwŋ͡m˦˥ waː˨˩˦ maːj˧˧] ~ [sʊwŋ͡m˦˥ waː˨˩˦ maːj˧˧]

Noun

(classifier khẩu) súng hoả mai • (火枚)

  1. a musket, or, specifically a matchlock