âm phủ
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 陰府, composed of 陰 (“yin; of the dead”) and 府 (“domain”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔəm˧˧ fu˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔəm˧˧ fʊw˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔəm˧˧ fʊw˨˩˦]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Noun
editSee also
edit- dương gian, dương thế (“world of the living”, literally “yang realm”)
- Diêm Vương (“King Yama”)
- địa ngục (“hell”)