xà mâu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saː˨˩ məw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [saː˦˩ məw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [saː˨˩ məw˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蛇矛.

Noun

(classifier ngọn, cây) xà mâu

  1. (archaic, historical romance) snake lance, a kind of long lance
    • 14th century, Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 1; 1909 Vietnamese translation by Phan Kế Bính
      Trương Phi đánh một ngọn xà mâu dài một trượng tám thước.
      For Zhang Fei, a one-zhang-eight-chi-long snake lance was forged.

Etymology 2

Noun

xà mâu

  1. (bệnh ~) (pathology) mange
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