Tết Thanh minh

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Tết (“festival”) + Thanh minh (“Qingming”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tet̚˧˦ tʰajŋ̟˧˧ mïŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tet̚˦˧˥ tʰɛɲ˧˧ mɨn˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [təːt̚˦˥ tʰan˧˧ mɨn˧˧]

Noun

Tết Thanh minh • (節清明)

1. Tomb Sweeping Day (annual Chinese festival observed on the first day of Qingming)