khuôn trăng

Vietnamese

Etymology

khuôn (“shape”) +‎ trăng (“the Moon”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xuən˧˧ t͡ɕaŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰuəŋ˧˧ ʈaŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰuəŋ˧˧ ʈaŋ˧˧]

Noun

khuôn trăng • (囷𦝄)

(literary) the pretty face of a woman
- 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎^[1], published 1866, lines 19–20:
  雲(Vân)󰏙(xem)莊(trang)重(trọng)恪(khác)潙(vời)
  囷(Khuôn)𦝄(trăng)苔(đầy)惮(đặn)󰞺(nét)𧍋(ngài)𦬑(nở)囊(nang)
  Vân’s beauty was very remarkable.
  Her eyebrows – full crescent arcs, her moonlit face – oval.