thanh mai trúc mã
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 青梅竹馬 (“green plums and bamboo horse”), from Chinese 青梅竹馬／青梅竹马 (qīngméizhúmǎ). Compare Japanese 竹馬の友 (chikuba no tomo, “childhood friend”, literally “bamboo horse friend”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰajŋ̟˧˧ maːj˧˧ t͡ɕʊwk͡p̚˧˦ maː˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɛɲ˧˧ maːj˧˧ ʈʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥ maː˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰan˧˧ maːj˧˧ ʈʊwk͡p̚˦˥ maː˨˩˦]
Adjective
[edit]- (chiefly fiction) alluding to the notion of being a childhood friend of the opposite sex to someone and growing to be in love with them or vice-versa
- bạn thanh mai trúc mã
- the boy/girl who was one's childhood friend and with whom one's now falling in love