giếng trời

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

From giếng (“well”) +‎ trời (“sky”). Compare Chinese 天井 (tiānjǐng, “atrium”, literally “sky well”), Japanese 天井 (tenjō, “ceiling”).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ziəŋ˧˦ t͡ɕəːj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jiəŋ˦˧˥ ʈəːj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jiəŋ˦˥ ʈəːj˨˩]

Noun edit

(classifier cái) giếng trời

(architecture) an atrium

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