Kinh Đô

See also: kinh đô

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 京都, from Japanese 京都 (Kyōto).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kïŋ˧˧ ʔɗo˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˧˧]
    • Homophone: kinh đô

    Proper noun

    Kinh Đô

    1. (rare, literary) synonym of Ki-ô-tô (“Kyoto”), the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, and former capital of Japan
      • Matsuo Bashō's haiku, translated by Đoàn Lê Giang:
        Chim đỗ quyên hót
        ở Kinh đô
        mà nhớ Kinh đô.
        even in Kyoto
        hearing the cuckoo's cry
        I long for Kyoto.
        (literally, “The cuckoo's singing
        here in Kyoto
        I long for Kyoto.        ”)
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