sơn nữ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 山 (“mountain”) and 女 (“female”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [səːn˧˧ nɨ˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂəːŋ˧˧ nɨ˧˨] ~ [səːŋ˧˧ nɨ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂəːŋ˧˧ nɨ˨˩˦] ~ [səːŋ˧˧ nɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

sơn nữ

1. (literary) a female mountain-dweller; a montagnarde