ngũ mã phanh thây
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Partial calque of Chinese 五馬分屍/五马分尸 (ngũ mã phân thi), but with the substitution of phân (分) with the etymologically unrelated phanh through phono-semantic matching.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ maː˦ˀ˥ fajŋ̟˧˧ tʰəj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ maː˧˨ fɛɲ˧˧ tʰəj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ maː˨˩˦ fan˧˧ tʰəj˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Noun
[edit]- (historical) dismemberment with five horses
See also
[edit]- tứ mã phanh thây (“dismemberment with four horses”)