biển cả
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]biển (“sea”) + cả (“great; grand”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˧˩ kaː˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˨ kaː˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˨˩˦ kaː˨˩˦]
Noun
[edit]- (literary) the sea(s); the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
- (Can we date this quote?), Văn Thành Nho (lyrics and music), “Đất nước lời ru [Our Land, a Lullaby]”:
- Mẹ Âu Cơ từ xa xưa đi khai thiên lập địa.
Lạc Long Quân cùng bao con đi ra nơi biển cả.- Our Foremother, Lady Âu, went on building our nation so long ago.
Dragon Lord Lạc, with his many children, set out for the ocean.
- Our Foremother, Lady Âu, went on building our nation so long ago.