cái ngàn vàng
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Vietnamese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]cái (“thing”) + ngàn (“thousand”) + vàng (“gold”), calque of Chinese 千金 (thiên kim, literally “thousand gold”) or 千金軀/千金躯 (thiên kim khu, literally “thousand-gold body”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːj˧˦ ŋaːn˨˩ vaːŋ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːj˨˩˦ ŋaːŋ˦˩ vaːŋ˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːj˦˥ ŋaːŋ˨˩ vaːŋ˨˩] ~ [kaːj˦˥ ŋaːŋ˨˩ jaːŋ˨˩] invalid IPA characters (][)