áo Nhật Bình

Vietnamese

áo Nhật Bình (and a Wikipedia fan)

Alternative forms

• áo Nhật bình

Etymology

áo (“garment”) + Chinese 日 (“sun; day”) + 平 (“flat; even”), in reference to the rectangular collar. Compare hình chữ nhật (“rectangle”, literally “a shape that looks like the character 日”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːw˧˦ ɲət̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓïŋ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːw˨˩˦ ɲək̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓɨn˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaːw˦˥ ɲək̚˨˩˨ ʔɓɨn˨˩]

Noun

áo Nhật Bình

1. (clothing) a kind of dress traditional to Vietnam and previously worn by royalty

Descendants

• → Chinese: 日平衣 (calque)