ngũ mã phanh thây

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Partial calque of Chinese 五馬分屍五马分尸 (ngũ mã phân thi), but with the substitution of phân () with the etymologically unrelated phanh through phono-semantic matching.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ maː˦ˀ˥ fajŋ̟˧˧ tʰəj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ maː˧˨ fɛɲ˧˧ tʰəj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ maː˨˩˦ fan˧˧ tʰəj˧˧]
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Noun

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ngũ phanh thây

  1. (historical) dismemberment with five horses

See also

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