sơn mạch

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 山脈, composed of 山 and 脈.

This is one of the cases where a Sino-Vietnamese term sometimes pops up in modern texts, yet pretty much completely absent in older texts, becoming somewhat more common in modern literature due to the fact that it is Sino-Vietnamese and therefore sounds "fancy" and "literary".

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [səːn˧˧ majk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂəːŋ˧˧ mat̚˨˩ʔ] ~ [səːŋ˧˧ mat̚˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂəːŋ˧˧ mat̚˨˩˨] ~ [səːŋ˧˧ mat̚˨˩˨]

Noun

sơn mạch

(geography, literary, rare) mountain range
Synonyms: dãy núi, rặng núi, mạch núi