biền ngẫu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 駢 and 偶.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiən˨˩ ŋəw˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˦˩ ŋəw˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˨˩ ŋəw˨˩˦]

Adjective

biền ngẫu

1. pianwen; a rhythmical prose style characterized by parallelism and ornateness