Héc-quyn
Vietnamese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom French Hercule (“Hercules; Heracles”). As with other French words with a mute h, the h is "unmuted", making this also a partial orthographic borrowing from French. The "Forbidden One" sense comes from the fact that this "Forbidden One" has infinite attack strength, and that the manga series as well as the card game Yu-Gi-Oh!, in its Chinese bootleg form, peaked during the same period as the airing of the TV show Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hɛk̚˧˦ kwin˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hɛk̚˦˧˥ kwin˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [hɛk̚˦˥ wɨn˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: héc quyn
Proper noun
editHéc-quyn
- (Roman mythology) Hercules
- (colloquial, card games) "Forbidden One", a series of 5 cards in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game