bá bệnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 百病 (all diseases/every illness).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˦ ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩˦ ʔɓen˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˦˥ ʔɓəːn˨˩˨]

    Noun

    (classifier cây, trái, quả) bệnh

    1. long jack (a shrub of the species Eurycoma longifolia in the family Simaroubaceae)
      Synonym: mật nhân