đèn lồng
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editđèn (“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˦˩]
- (Saigon) 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).