bàn toạ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• bàn tọa

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 盤 and 坐.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːn˨˩ twaː˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˦˩ twaː˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩ t⁽ʷ⁾aː˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier cái) bàn toạ

1. seat
2. (by extension, euphemistic) the buttocks