chỉ thiên
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]chỉ (“to point”) + thiên (“sky”). Compare 指天椒 (zhǐtiānjiāo, “facing heaven pepper”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˩ tʰiən˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪj˧˨ tʰiəŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɪj˨˩˦ tʰiəŋ˧˧]
Noun
[edit](classifier cây, hoa, bông) chỉ thiên
- flowers of the genus Elephantopus