đèn lồng

Vietnamese

Etymology

đèn (“light”) +‎ lồng (“cage”), a

    non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 燈籠 (SV: đăng lung).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛn˨˩ ləwŋ͡m˨˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˦˩ ləwŋ͡m˦˩]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˨˩ ləwŋ͡m˨˩]

    Noun

    đèn lồng

    1. synonym of lồng đèn (“lantern”)
      Đèn lồng đỏ treo cao cao ― Raise High the Red Lantern (a film by Zhang Yimou).
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