Khải Huyền

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 啟 (“to enlighten; explain”) and 玄 (“the mysterious”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xaːj˧˩ hwiən˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰaːj˧˨ hwiəŋ˦˩] ~ [xaːj˧˨ hwiəŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰaːj˨˩˦ wiəŋ˨˩] ~ [xaːj˨˩˦ wiəŋ˨˩]

Proper noun

Khải Huyền

1. the Book of Revelation; the Apocalypse