ba hồn chín vía

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 三魂九魄 (tam hồn cửu phách, literally “three hun, nine po”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ hon˨˩ t͡ɕin˧˦ viə˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ hoŋ˦˩ t͡ɕin˦˧˥ viə˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ hoŋ˨˩ cɨn˦˥ viə˦˥] ~ [ʔɓaː˧˧ hoŋ˨˩ cɨn˦˥ jiə˦˥]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

  (file)

Noun

ba hồn chín vía

1. (occult, typically in summoning rituals) the three hun and nine po of a dead female person

See also

• ba hồn bảy vía