hồng mao

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鴻毛.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ maːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [həwŋ͡m˦˩ maːw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ maːw˧˧]

Noun

hồng mao

1. (literal, archaic, poetic, collective) bean goose feathers

   nhẹ tựa hồng mao

   as light as a bean goose's feather

2. (mythology) one of the nine groups of hair of the mane of the horse that Sơn Tinh offered the reigning Hùng king to propose to his princess

   voi chín ngà, gà chín cựa, ngựa chín hồng mao

   an elephant with nine tusks, a rooster with nine spurs, a horse with nine groups of mane hair

See also

• nhẹ như lông hồng
• Hồng Bàng
• con Lạc cháu Hồng