năm Thìn bão lụt
Vietnamese
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]năm (“year”) + Thìn (“Dragon”, as in the Chinese calendar) + bão lụt (“storms and floods”). It is generally believed that the term is in reference of the year 1904, when Southern Vietnam was hit by one of the most destructive storm ever recorded in its history on 1 May 1904.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nam˧˧ tʰin˨˩ ʔɓaːw˦ˀ˥ lut̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [nam˧˧ tʰin˦˩ ʔɓaːw˧˨ lʊk̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [nam˧˧ tʰɨn˨˩ ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ lʊk͡p̚˨˩˨]
Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic) years of the Dragon are prone to large storms and floods.
- (Southern Vietnam) the year 1904, particularly in reference of the destructive storm that made landfall in Southern Vietnam on 1 May 1904.
References
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Trận bão tại Nam Kỳ tháng 5 năm 1904 on the Vietnamese Wikipedia.Wikipedia vi
