hồng mao

See also: Hồng Mao

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 鴻毛.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ maːw˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˦˩ maːw˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ maːw˧˧]

    Noun

    hồng mao

    1. (literal, archaic, poetic, collective) bean goose feathers
      nhẹ tựa hồng mao
      as light as a bean goose's feather
    2. (mythology) one of the nine groups of hair of the mane of the horse that Sơn Tinh offered the reigning Hùng king to propose to his princess
      voi chín ngà, gà chín cựa, ngựa chín hồng mao
      an elephant with nine tusks, a rooster with nine spurs, a horse with nine groups of mane hair

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