râm bụt
Appearance
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]râm (“shady”) + Bụt (“Buddha”), roughly "to provide shades for the Buddha", due to the similar shape of the hibiscus flower to the traditional lọng.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zəm˧˧ ʔɓut̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐəm˧˧ ʔɓʊk̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹəm˧˧ ʔɓʊk͡p̚˨˩˨]
Noun
[edit](classifier cây, bông, hoa) râm bụt
- a flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus, especially the Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
- Synonyms: dâm bụt, bông bụp, cẩn, bông lồng đèn, mộc cận, chu cận, đại hồng hoa, phù tang, phật tang