phượng hoàng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 鳳凰 (“fenghuang”). Compare phụng hoàng.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fɨəŋ˧˨ʔ hwaːŋ˨˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [fɨəŋ˨˩ʔ hwaːŋ˦˩]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [fɨəŋ˨˩˨ waːŋ˨˩]

    Noun

    (classifier con) phượng hoàng

    1. (Chinese mythology) a fenghuang
    2. (by extension, mythology) a phoenix
      Hội Phượng Hoàng ― The Order of the Phoenix
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