hồng mao
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 鴻毛.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ maːw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˦˩ maːw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ maːw˧˧]
Noun edit
- (literal, archaic, poetic, collective) bean goose feathers
- nhẹ tựa hồng mao
- as light as a bean goose's feather
- (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