đèn lồng
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
đèn (“light”) + lồng (“cage”), a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 燈籠 (SV: đăng lung).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛn˨˩ ləwŋ͡m˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˦˩ ləwŋ͡m˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˨˩ ləwŋ͡m˨˩]
Noun edit
- Synonym of lồng đèn (“lantern”)
- Đèn lồng đỏ treo cao cao ― Raise High the Red Lantern (a film by Zhang Yimou).