mục đồng

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 牧童.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [mʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩]

    Noun

    mục đồng

    1. (literary, dated) a child, usually male, tasked with herding livestock (like cows or buffalo)
      Đô thị hóa rồi thì còn đâu hình ảnh lũ trẻ mục đồng nơi đồng quê nữa.
      Urbanization has left no place for the much-loved image of buffalo boys in the countryside.
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