vầng
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, uncommon) vừng
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vəŋ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vəŋ˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [vəŋ˨˩] ~ [jəŋ˨˩]
- Homophones: dần, Dần, vần (Southern Vietnam)
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Classifier
- (literary, poetic) Indicates the sun and the moon
- vầng trăng dịu êm ― a gentle moon
- vầng mặt trời/thái dương chói loà ― a blinding sun
- Indicates foreheads
- vầng trán ― a forehead
- Indicates a halo, an aura, etc.
Usage notes
- Only vầng trăng is correct, not *vầng mặt trăng.
Derived terms
- vầng dương
- vầng đông